David Brooks Doesn’t Pay Attention to Your Criticism By Carol Felsenthal The University of Chicago grad opens up about his love for the city and experiences with Rahm, Axelrod, and Obama. Read more
Bernie Sanders Found Socialism at the University of Chicago By Carol Felsenthal The senator from Vermont and presidential candidate is taking on Hillary Clinton with leftist policies he picked up in Hyde Park. Read more
White House Staffers Dish on What Former Presidents Were Really Like By Carol Felsenthal A new book goes behind the scenes of the past ten administrations' time in the White House. Read more
The CPS No-Bid Investigation Spreads to CPEF, Once Chaired By Bruce Rauner By Carol Felsenthal The principal-training consultants who received the $20 million contract, the focus of a federal investigation, got seed funding from the Chicago Public Education Fund—whose board is a who's-who of Chicago power brokers. Read more
Rahm Endorses Hillary for President, But Bill DeBlasio Isn't Ready to Yet By Carol Felsenthal New York City mayor Bill de Blasio declined to endorse Clinton, but she's getting a lot of love from Rahm at least. Read more
How Jesus ‘Chuy’ Garcia Lost the Election By Carol Felsenthal He was up against an unpopular mayor and had the backing of some very influential unions. So what went wrong? Read more
Here Are the Best Stories from the New Michelle Obama Biography By Carol Felsenthal Did you know Barack wanted to be mayor of Chicago by age 36? Read more
Did Phil Ponce Win Some Votes for Garcia by Bringing Up His Son? By Carol Felsenthal In a heated debate, one moment that stood out was moderator Phil Ponce asking Jesus Garcia if his son was still in a gang. Read more
Garcia Adviser: 'Our Polls Show There's No Way Rahm Can Win' By Carol Felsenthal David Schaffer, the guy who plays Rahm in debate prep, lays out Chuy's debate strategy—and wonders about that Fioretti endorsement. Read more
Chuy Garcia Wakes Up and Hits Rahm Hard in Second Debate By Carol Felsenthal After a sleepy first round, the mayoral challenger came alive and challenged Rahm—a lot—during last night's match. Read more
