The Pro-life Democrat Is Nearly Extinct
Abortion could be the issue that decides two hotly contested Illinois primaries next week.
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Trump’s Biggest Donor in Chicago
Illustration: John Kenzie Donald Trump supporters are hard to come by in Chicago. The president won just 12 percent of the vote here in 2016 — and according to the Federal Election Commission, only one Chicagoan has contributed the $2,800 max to more than one of his reelection funds. That guy is Edward McCann, a 48-year-old HR … Read more
A Brief, Final Presidential Power Ranking
Assessing a two-person race in the Land of Lincoln.
Rod Blagojevich Has Now Filmed 219 Cameos
That’s between $14,235 and $25,185 before Cameo’s 25 percent cut.
10 Stories to Read Right Now
Rahm in retirement, the man suing Boeing, a looming brokered convention, and more
The Last Time There Was a Brokered Convention
Estes Kefauver arrived at the 1952 DNC in Chicago with a plurality of delegates. Then, Adlai Stevenson won the nomination.
Gerrymandering: Finally a Thing of the Past?
The Fair Maps Amendment is issuing a challenge to the shady partisan practice. But good luck getting it past Mike Madigan.
Two Charts Show Chicago Getting More Democratic
Chicago doesn’t just reflect the identity of the Democratic Party. In many ways, it created that identity.
Trump’s Blago Commutation: Right Thing, Wrong Reasons
For Trump, freeing Blago may have had more to do with settling personal scores than correcting harsh sentence.
How Yolanda Lippert Hunts for Predators Online
The prosecutor on running the unit of the Cook County state’s attorney’s office that deals with internet sex crimes against kids