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What Does “Defund the Police” Really Mean?
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How the Remap Could Impact Chicago’s Three Black Congressional Districts

By Edward McClelland
A day of reckoning is here: After the 2020 census, the city can no longer maintain all its Black legislative districts. Read more
Rebuilding the Illinois Republicans
By Edward McClelland
The state GOP has lost its mojo, and it’s going to take a major recalibration to rebuild. Read more

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By Edward McClelland
How Chicago’s lawsuit against an Indiana firearms shop could affect the future of gun control Read more
How the Remap Could Impact Chicago’s Three Black Congressional Districts
By Edward McClelland
A day of reckoning is here: After the 2020 census, the city can no longer maintain all its Black legislative districts. Read more
Worst Things Chicago Politicians Have Said on a Wiretap, Ranked
News that Alderman Ed Burke was caught on a federal wiretap making an anti-Semitic remark got us thinking: Where does it rank among the most cringe-inducing things local politicians have said under surveillance? Read more
What Does “Defund the Police” Really Mean?
BY EDWARD MCCLELLAND AND WHET MOSER
Calls to abolish the police have been renewed with the shooting of 13-year-old Adam Toledo. But beneath that simple slogan is a lot of nuance. Read more
What COVID Survivors Know
By Cindy Kuzma
As these testimonies reveal, those who have had the most severe cases face profound and often lasting effects that experts are still struggling to understand. Read more