Chicago Election Night 2011: The live feed
In the waning hours of a historic Chicago election, here’s a sampling of the conversation happening online with Chicago politicians, reporters, commentators and newsmakers.
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Chicago Mayoral Election Evening Roundup: 1.5 Hours of Democracy Left and Turnout Is Low
As election day comes to a close, the question isn’t just whether Rahm Emanuel will hit 50%… it’s also whether the city will hit 50% turnout. Plus: the importance of census figures and street planters.
On Election Day, Wisconsin and Indiana Union Battles Steal Chicago's Thunder
Chicago, long a determining factor in national Democratic politics, elects its new mayor today, or at least decides to narrow down its choices. But thanks to our neighbors, we might be more famous as a Democratic sanctuary state.
Chicago Mayoral Election News and Notes: A Democracy, If You Can Keep It, Or Are At Least Up For Going to the Polls
Happy Municipal Election Day! Some predictions, observations, and links to keep you busy as you await your civic political fate. The only place you’ll find an explanation of why Patricia Van Pelt-Watkins will finish ahead of Rahm Emanuel.
From Krasnodar with Love
As the editor of Chicago magazine, I am pleased to announce that we have just published our first Russian edition! Just kidding. But a Chicagoan might be entitled to wonder, if he or she happened to be visiting the south Russian town of Krasnodar and picked up the local city magazine. Witness above the basis for confusion: Our “40 Reasons to Love Chicago” cover from December 2010 and Krasnodar magazine’s “30 Reasons to Love Krasnodar” dated February 2011. The striking similarity was first brought to my attention by Olga Smolkina, a…
Dave Duerson, Concussions, and the NFL Players' Union Battle
The latest development in the tragic death of the Bears’ great is that Duerson’s brain will go to the Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy so that it can be studied for trauma. It’s another chapter in a story that’s been haunting the NFL for a decade, and an issue that looms over a pending lockout.
How Did Rahm Make His Millions in Investment Banking?
Carol Moseley Braun says that Rahm Emanuel’s rainmaking was the result of “rape and robbery”… before restating it as “pillaging and plundering.” Which, if either, was it?
Behind the Scenes with '50 Most Beautiful Chicagoans' Cover Boy Patrick Sharp
Sharpie-mania! Watch our behind-the-scenes video, check out photos, and read our Q&A with the Blackhawks forward.
Controversial Pastor and Chico Supporter Herbert Martin—plus Memories of Steve Cokely
At the ABC7 debate Thursday, the candidates for mayor were asked whom they would name to their “kitchen” cabinets—their unofficial group of advisers. Not surprisingly, Gery Chico named two men whose endorsements are crucial: Congressman Luis Gutierrez and the Reverend B. Herbert Martin, Sr., longtime pastor of the Progressive Community Church in Bronzeville. Martin, 68, is best known for being Harold Washington’s close friend and pastor—and for standing with Steve Cokely in 1988 after Cokely, then 37, made inflammatory recorded lectures at Louis Farrakhan’s Nation of Islam headquarters.
The Chicago Mayoral Vote: Predictions for Tuesday
Will there be a runoff? Can Carol Moseley Braun arrest her slide in support? Will voters move from Del Valle to Chico in order to stop Rahm Emanuel’s seemingly inevitable victory? The Magic 8-Ball says….