Politics
The voter-participation nonprofit, Project Vote, today released a report, The Politics of Voter Fraud, demonstrating that widespread allegations of voter fraud are a myth generated by the right. Here is a guest post from Project Vote deputy director Michael Slater discussing just how much of a myth
Politics
In the aftermath of Chicago's greatest political defeat in decades, incoming 42nd Ward alderman Brendan Reilly is wasting no time in reaching out to the former constituents of 37-year city council veteran Burt Natarus, who was swept out of his downtown Ward by a wide margin in last week's municipal
Politics
In one of the most sudden political upsets in modern Chicago history, last night 42nd Ward voters rejected 36-year alderman Burt Natarus in favor of challenger Brendan Reilly. Hurray!
Getting Around
Last night the folks over at Chicago's groovy car-sharing company, Zipcar, hosted a movie benefit at the opulent, old Music Box Theatre Southport Avenue. The main feature: Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth.
Politics
Today, a momentary hop back onto the labor movement bandwagon to talk about the Employee Free Choice Act--and why you should care about it.
Politics
This evening, WTTW's Chicago Tonight welcomed 42nd Ward aldermanic candidates incumbent Burt Natarus and challenger Brendan Reilly. Reilly repeated his criticism that Natarus governs the Ward at the heart of downtown Chicago for the developers who build here rather than for the people who live here.
Politics
Because I think he's a liar. Probably my top reason why I will not vote for Chicago's incumbent 42nd Ward alderman, Burt Natarus, in the municipal election on February 27. Because he doesn't think my neighborhood should be run by developers. The top reason why I endorse challenger Brendan Reilly.
Chicago
Chicago's Museum of Broadcast Communications (MBC) just can't seem to get built. Founded in 1987 and one of only three broadcast museums in the country, MBC left its longtime home at the Chicago Cultural Center in 2003 in preparation for moving into swanky new digs next to Marina City. And then the
Chicago
Just how far is the City of Chicago willing to sell itself out to movie filming? A closed street here and there to accommodate a movie shoot is one thing. Allowing a studio to close almost every single bridge between the Loop and the Near North Side on a Friday evening is something else entirely. Th
Food and Drink
Most mere American mortals usually hate the stuff. But if you love hot, spicy, edgy food as much as I do, a big bowl of fermented, heavily spiced cabbage boiled up with onions, pork belly, and Korean beef powder, garnished with medium tofu and served with a bowl of scallion-covered rice can be a def
Politics
Molly Ivins died Wednesday. The greatest contemporary political satirist succumbed to breast cancer at the age of 62. She was nothing if not politically incorrect--the best kind of liberal--and knew how to cut to the heart of the most maddening and spiteful of situations with humor and hope.
Chicago
Popular local blog Chicagoist has decided to assess local meteorologists by comparing forecasts with the weather that actually comes to pass. I wonder how that's going to work out for Tom Skilling, Chicago's co-most popular (along with Jerry Taft)--but always overly dramatic--weatherman.