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Why Rahm Emanuel Has Been a Disaster for Chicago

Miles Kampf-Lassin February 23, 2015

Today on Democracy Now! Rick Perlstein discussed his recent In These Times story “How To Sell Off a City” on privatization in Chicago, as well as tomorrow's critical mayoral election, calling Rahm Emanuel "a strikingly corrupt mayor."

Miles Kampf-Lassin, a graduate of New York University’s Gallatin School in Deliberative Democracy and Globalization, is a Web Editor at In These Times. Follow him on Twitter @MilesKLassin

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