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With Chicago Tired of “Mayor 1%,” Chuy García Could Actually Win His Runoff with Rahm Emanuel

While money poured into the recent mayoral and aldermanic elections, voters showed that they are tired of business as usual.

Kari Lydersen

Labor

Progressives Had a Pretty Great Night in Chicago’s Elections

Yana Kunichoff

Viewpoint

In Mayoral Runoff, Rahm Emanuel’s Corrupt Governance Has Finally Caught Up With Him

It's become increasingly clear to Chicagoans that Rahm Emanuel is out for himself and his rich friends, not for us.

Rick Perlstein

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Politico Carries Water for Bill O’Reilly—and His Bosses

O'Reilly's claim that he was in a war zone was just an 'embellishment,' Dylan Byers assures us.

Jim Naureckas

Labor

Richard Trumka: AFL-CIO Will Make Raising Wages for All Workers a Priority

David Moberg

Comics

A Few Good Lies

Matt Bors

Captive Nation: Dan Berger on Black Prison Organizing and Mass Incarceration

George Lavender

Labor

New England Workers Win Longest Telecom Strike in Decades

Julia Kann

Labor

Chicago Charter School Teachers Demand a Union

Arielle Zionts

Labor

Columbia College Faculty Vote to Disaffiliate from National Education Association

Kevin Solari

Video

Why Rahm Emanuel Has Been a Disaster for Chicago

Miles Kampf-Lassin

Dispatch

Chomsky, Lears and Elia Debate Whether an Academic Boycott of Israel Can Work

Is the tactic the best way to pressure Israel?

Joel Bleifuss

What’s Up with the Koch Brothers and Criminal Justice Reform?

George Lavender

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Who’s Afraid of Chicago’s Progressive Aldermen? Rahm Emanuel, That’s Who.

The Chicago mayor's super PAC has spent large amounts of money to protect his allies on City Council—and take down those who oppose him.

Yana Kunichoff

Protest Over Medical Services Sparks Prisoner Uprising At Controversial Private Prison in Texas

George Lavender

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Do Chicago’s Mayoral Candidates Care About Queer and Trans Chicagoans?

Only one candidate has staked out a strong position in favor of LGBTQ rights—and it isn't Rahm Emanuel.

H. Melt

Labor

Union, Environmental Group Say Dozens of Nuclear Workers Suffering from Toxic Materials Exposure

Elizabeth Grossman

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As Germany Stands Firm Against Attempts to Scale Back Austerity in Greece, What’s Next for Syriza?

Germany's unwillingness to budge on the strict cuts demanded of Greece are bad news for rolling back austerity throughout the rest of Europe.

Alexandros Orphanides