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Rahm Emanuel
December 9, 2015
Steven Cohen
Rahm Emanuel has reached the public apology stage of the Laquan McDonald controversy.
December 7, 2015
Steven Cohen
The Justice Department is launching a civil rights probe into the Chicago police department. Finally.
December 4, 2015
Eve Ewing
Rahm Emanuel’s Next Scandal? Chicago’s Public Housing
As the mayor reels from the Laquan McDonald controversy, he must deal with a housing authority with heavy pockets and empty promises.
December 2, 2015
Steven Cohen
The Next Fight for Racial Justice: Police Union Reform
Deep in the weeds of union contract agreements lie provisions that protect cops from oversight.
December 2, 2015
Brian Beutler
This clip of Mike Allen blowing up Rahm Emanuel’s spot reveals a lot about political media.
December 1, 2015
Steven Cohen
Garry McCarthy is out as police superintendent as the covering of asses continues in Chicago.
November 27, 2015
Alex Shephard
Why did Rahm Emanuel wait a year to release the video of Laquan McDonald's death? It's "the Chicago Way."
November 25, 2015
Jamil Smith
The Execution of Laquan McDonald
A new video shows a Chicago police officer murdering a black teen last year. Why did it take so long for us to get here?
November 20, 2015
Jamil Smith
We're about to see how Laquan McDonald died.
April 30, 2015
Suzy Khimm
“Progressives Have Some Catching Up to Do”
Inside activists' plan to re-stock the left's weak bench
April 7, 2015
Ben Austen
Great Chicago Ire
Why a Chicago alderman race may hinge on Mayor Rahm Emanuel's hard line on schools
July 15, 2014
Jason Zengerle
Rahm Emanuel's Top Nemesis Just Might Take Him On
Karen Lewis would make for a bloody mayoral battle
April 6, 2014
Isaac Chotiner
Stark Raving Rahm
Tell us what you really think, Mr. Mayor
October 15, 2013
Michael Schaffer
Liberals Should Vote Centrist in Local Elections
Why you'll miss the age of the imperial centrist mayor
May 2, 2013
Daniel Denvir
The Worst Gun Control Idea Has Bipartisan Support
Why states should not pass new mandatory minimums for firearm possession
February 25, 2013
Ilan Greenberg
The Race to Replace Jesse Jr.
The election is all about guns. Except when it's not.
January 15, 2013
Perry Stein
Guns in Churches, Psychiatric Evaluations, and Other State Laws Proposed Since Newtown
January 14, 2013
Alec MacGillis
The Democrats' 2016 Contenders Are Betting on Gun Control
October 23, 2012
Alec MacGillis
The Liberal Media, in Love With Our Narrative
September 28, 2012
John B. Judis
Rahm Wants to Fix Schools? Fix the Economy

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