Lightfoot’s Coalition Was Unthinkable Until Now
The mayoral frontrunner has support from lakefront liberals and law-and-order voters — blocs that traditionally hold each other in disdain.
The mayoral frontrunner has support from lakefront liberals and law-and-order voters — blocs that traditionally hold each other in disdain.
Marijuana dinner parties, new Chinatown delights, and Chicago’s forgotten pro-choice warriors.
Fifty years ago, women who wanted abortions didn’t have many choices — until an underground network of Chicago women gave them another one.
The proposal would lower the income tax by .05 to .2 percent for most people. But that’s still way up from 2016’s 3.75 percent.
Preckwinkle is advocating for a rent ceiling; Lightfoot, not so much. In this race, that could be decisive.
While their opponents ginned up their ethnic bases — a Chicago tradition — Lori Lightfoot and Toni Preckwinkle were running issues-based campaigns.
How an intern for Senator Adlai E. Stevenson III learned the value of listening to constituents
Election mania, breaking the ice on the West Side, and why Chicago is sinking
The political outsider pulled ahead with a Chicago-style ground game (and a healthy distance from the Machine).
The YouTube personality and South Sider weighs in on the eve of Chicago’s election.