Maria Pappas
The Cook County treasurer, 70, on how wealth doesn’t impress her, her wild youth, and preserving her aura
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Can the Center Hold? Lightfoot Sure Hopes So.
For the beleaguered mayor, the middle road is also the path of most resistance.
Lightfoot Was Never a Police Reformer
With Rahm Emanuel as her sole opponent, she denounced a “militarized response” to crime. Last week, she called in the National Guard.
Timuel Black: “With King, We Knew Who We Were Following”
The historian and activist, 101, on the George Floyd protests, marching with MLK, and a new generation of demonstrators
Evanston’s Road to Reparations
Compensating African Americans for the wrongs of history has been a political nonstarter for decades. Then, last November, one Chicago suburb made it a reality.
Chicago Marches With Minneapolis
Before demonstrations gave way to vandalism and skirmishes with police, thousands took to the Loop for peaceful marches over the death of George Floyd.
COVID-19 Will Worsen the Chicago–Downstate Divide
As rural legislators protest Pritzker’s stay-at-home order, they could alienate centrist voters, turning the Illinois GOP into an even more hardcore minority.
Actually, It's in Trump’s Interest to Bail Out Illinois
The president doesn’t want coronavirus relief going to “poorly run” states like Illinois. In fact, we pay the federal government far more than we receive.
Mrs. America Is a Show for Illinois Political Nerds
From Rep. Giddy Dyer to W. Clement Stone, the FX on Hulu series puts forgotten Springfield operatives back into the spotlight.
Playing Politics With Coronavirus
Pritzker has used COVID-19 to push the Fair Tax, and Lightfoot to loosen the municipal purse strings. That could cost them the moral high ground needed to govern in a crisis.