Nov 14, 2023
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16 min read
What’s happening in the City Clerk’s office is deeper than my parasocial relationship with Anna Valencia -- it explains many of the challenges facing city governments everywhere.
Nov 9, 2023
11 min read
Here’s a terrible story about a terrible former Mayor everyone in Chicago hates. Unfortunately, it reminds me of most Chicago organizers I know.
Nov 8, 2023
Alder Raymond Lopez doesn't matter -- except, he does, until the way we address local government changes.
Sep 29, 2023
17 min read
Mayor Johnson has to make hard policy decisions when it comes to housing migrants bused to Chicago. Does that really have to mean working with Garda World? Also, where are the feds + Illinois?
Mayor Johnson has to make hard policy decisions when it comes to housing migrants bused to Chicago. Does that have to mean working with private contractors like Garda World? Also uh, where's JB?
Sep 1, 2023
12 min read
Having a guy who writes goofy emails instead of ones that haunt me a little is an indication that there’s space to change the ways Chicago’s government works in practice.
Jul 29, 2023
5 min read
Hospital Workers on Strike, Bring Chicago Home, and Robespierre content no one asked for.
Jul 21, 2023
9 min read
“Does Chicago need another politics newsletter?” Let’s find out -- by talking about the Finance Committee.
Jul 13, 2023
6 min read
CPD doesn't have enough parental time off! Or something!
Jul 12, 2023
10 min read
Building a strong labor movement means replacing the Frans.
Jun 15, 2023
An interview with Kelli Coleman, the queer Black co-founder of a powerlifting gym shaking up Chicago's West Loop.
Jun 9, 2023
8 min read
What's going on with media? What's going on with newsletters? Plus, an experiment.
