How Clint Eastwood's Patriotic Chrysler Ad Is Secretly Anti-Everything
“Halftime in America”: anti-capitalist, anti-union, anti-Union, and worst of all, anti-Norse. Everyone hates the Super Bowl’s most beloved ad.
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Charting Obama's New Campaign Team
OBAMALAND REDUX: A look at new faces in new places as the president gears up for November
"Gang Signs" in the Chicago City Sticker: A Rorschach Test
Does Chicago’s new city sticker depict the signs and symbols of the Maniac Latin Disciples? Or is it an annunciation of the city’s public safety officials? It’s as much in the eye of the beholder as anything.
How to Build a Better Bike Lane in Chicago
The organization that helped inspire the new Kinzie bike lane stops by Chicago for one of its “Cities for Cycling” roadshows, as the city attempts to expand its cycling infrastructure… and protect bikers and drivers from each other.
Chicago's Youth Violence Epidemic: A Victim of Success?
Chicago’s youth violence numbers remain terrible, both in comparison to broader homicide trends and in comparison to our peer cities. One cause may stem not from the failure of the city’s approach to gangs, but its arguable success.
A Look at Sam LaHood, One of 19 Americans on Trial in Egypt
The third son of Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, Sam LaHood attended graduate school in Lebanon and was an advance man for John McCain’s campaign in 2008…
Privacy and Social Networks: Facebook Is Using You… With Your Permission
A Chicago law prof, long on the frontlines of technology and the law, foresees a disturbing future in which we’ve ceded our privacy to the social networks that define us. It actually looks a lot like our present, and our past.
More Chicago Ward Mapping and Other Political Reads
The possibility that a lawsuit could be filed over the recent ward remapping of the city is still in play. But not everyone’s dissatisfied: a small, active Polish coalition made significant gains on the northwest side.
CME Turns Down City Money, and the TIF Debate Continues
The CME Group, fresh off its tax-break legislative victory, declined a TIF deal that originated in the Daley administration and would have given them $15 million. And with that, another round of tax increment finance talk kicks off.
Chicago Ward Remap: A Lawsuit Waiting to Happen?
The Latino community blasts Rahm Emanuel and the City Council for approving a ward remap that underrepresents minority constituents.