Chicago Segregation and "Pretoria by the Lake"
Steve Bogira challenges the conventional wisdom about the old “Beirut by the Lake” cliche and suggests an alternative to reflect the evolution of race and politics in Chicago after Harold Washington.
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Race, Segregation, and Dot Mapping in Chicago
Yale prof Bill Rankin uses dot maps to show the diversity and lack thereof in Chicago and the Bay Area. Chicago is as segregated as you’d expect, but the far north side along the lake looks to be as diverse as any big-city neighborhood in the country.
The Blagojevich Sequel Drones On
If the first trial had a certain excitement and air of unpredictability, Monday’s edition of the retrial seemed just worn and wan—much like the defendant. Still, there was a special poignancy because while Blago II droned on at the federal courthouse on Jackson and Dearborn, some blocks east and north at Millennium Park, Rahm Emanuel—“that little [expletive]” in Blago’s taped words—was being inaugurated as mayor…
Rahm Emanuel's First 100 Days: A Preview
The first new mayor in 22 years takes over for real today. Here’s a sampling of what to look out for, from school days to beat cops to searchable budgets. Just don’t ask him about tampons.
Mayor Emanuel's Inauguration: Meet the New Boss, Rhetorically Similar to the Old Boss
Like Mayor Daley, Emanuel’s doing this for the kids. In other words, there were no big surprises in the new mayor’s speech, but he did address the issue that many suspect will the focus and the big tension of his early tenure: Chicago Public Schools, teachers’ unions, and Jean-Claude Brizard.
Cheri Daniels: First Lady of Indiana, Granddaughter of a Cubs Great… And Future First Lady of the United States?
Of all the hurdles Indiana governor and likely presidential candidate Mitch Daniels faces on the road to the White House, one important one his the permission of his wife, Cheri. She’s not much for politics, but she does love Chicago’s other pastime: her beloved grandfather was Cubs Hall of Famer Billy Herman.
Annals of Mayoral Inaugural Speeches: Richard J. Daley Gives the Most Boring Inaugural Speech Ever
The original Mayor Daley’s inaugural speech was something less than a barnburner, but encapsulated the man and his civics-class-era tenure as mayor.
Was Mayor Daley a Republican?
In a word, no. But asking the question raises some interesting answers about the soon-to-be former mayor, which tell us a bit about Rahm Emanuel as well.
Howard Tullman’s Flashpoint Academy: A Digital-Arts Alternative to the Four-Year College Degree
MR. NONSTOP: Chicago’s hardest-working serial entrepreneur—the man who remade Kendall College and gave Rahm Emanuel a place to call home—is busy creating a digital-arts alternative to the four-year college degree
The Mayor Brings Everybody Together
In a racially charged atmosphere, says Mayor Richard M. Daley, Chicago’s chief executive can best defuse tensions by concentrating on fair distribution of basic city services. “I think I’m changing people’s minds and attitudes by providing what l’m supposed to: providing the services fair and equitably, and responding, whether it’s a letter I receive in … Read more