On the agenda at NATO: getting out of Afghanistan and turning it over to the Afghan security forces; getting Pakistan to let us get out through their country; making sure Russia doesn’t shoot missiles at the European missile shield, at least before it’s done; giving North Atlantic countries something to do besides world war.
The mayor scores his highest approval ratings from whites (61 percent) and the wealthy (62 percent), which is likely driven in part by perceptions of neighborhood crime. But “no opinion” still scores pretty high after the mayor’s first year.
Chicago comes in behind its Midwest peers Minneapolis and Madison, finishing just behind Tuscon to round out the top 10, but take it with a grain of salt: we’re at something of a disadvantage due to the city’s physical size.
A large, Catholic Workers-organized protest at Obama’s downtown headquarters ends with eight arrests—but behind the numbers, it went peacefully, and even politely.
The Iraq War vet is running to unseat Representative Joe Walsh in Illinois’s 8th District.
Stephanie Kuehnert looks back on bullying and homophobia for Rookie, while the Washington Post looks into Mitt Romney’s past, and his high school during the 1960s.
A journalist goes after some Northwestern grad students, their black-studies program, and the entire field… and gets fired over it, setting off a debate about the limits of what you can and can’t say about race, and where you can and can’t say it.
Richard Mourdock, Indiana state treasurer and perennial candidate, pulled off a huge upset (by a huge margin), knocking off a six-term senator in yesterday’s primary. It’s a sign of the times, but don’t dismiss it as unstrategic post-bipartisanship.
By raw numbers, there are fewer Catholics in Cook County than there used to be, and by percentage as well. But it’s probably more to do with losing citydwellers than losing faith, as the collar counties have seen large increases in their Catholic populations. The only religion to add big numbers in Cook County? Muslims, with Pentecostals trailing far behind.
This is your brain in traffic: how we perceive the neighborhoods, streets, and buildings around us—in the car, on foot, and on bike, we create different mental maps.
