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Mayor Emanuel talks about Cook County prosecutors' decision to drop charges against Jussie Smollett in Chicago on March 26, 2019.

The Jussie Smollett fiasco? Rahm wasn’t going to sit this one out.

May 31, 2019 at 4:09 p.m.

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, is famous for saying, “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste.” And he’s certainly not letting the Jussie Smollett fiasco go to waste,...

Actor Jussie Smollett speaks to Judge James Linn after his sentence is read on March 10, 2022, at the Leighton Criminal Court Building.

Is the Jussie Smollett case really what justice looks like? Maybe in Chicago.

May 31, 2019 at 4:10 p.m.

Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx used the Jussie Smollett case to let the rest of the world in on a truth about the Chicago Way just days before the...

The office of Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx, shown speaking Jan. 24, 2019, on Tuesday dropped all charges that actor Jussie Smollett staged a fake attack.

Kim Foxx cleans Jussie Smollett up, the Chicago Way

May 31, 2019 at 4:10 p.m.

In some cities, people might be shocked if the mayor called out the prosecutor for running a crooked system that allowed a Hollywood star like the smarmy Jussie Smollett to...

Chicago mayoral candidates Lori Lightfoot, left, and Toni Preckwinkle take their places before a forum on March 21, 2019, at WTTW.

Supporters of Lori Lightfoot can’t be overconfident in the race for Chicago mayor against Toni Preckwinkle

May 31, 2019 at 4:12 p.m.

Supporters of Lori Lightfoot in Chicago’s race for mayor are dangerously overconfident, especially since Lightfoot’s opponent, Cook County Democratic Party boss Toni Preckwinkle, pulled her TV ads. Common wisdom had...

A bulletproof vest sits alongside a police officer during a presentation on March 14, 2019.

On the West Side, the street shows no fear of Chicago police

May 31, 2019 at 4:10 p.m.

I’d hate it when some old-time police sergeant, usually an old white guy but sometimes black, would stand, hand on hip and sigh. And in the laconic and bitterly ironic...

Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren speaks to a group of about 400 potential voters at Douglas High School on March 17, 2019, in Memphis, Tenn.

Democrats want end to Electoral College. Is it idiocracy or a rush to the ‘Hunger Games’?

May 31, 2019 at 4:10 p.m.

I’ve just taken a good, long hit on the Kasshish pipe, and now my eyes are finally open to the wisdom of Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts. Kasshish makes you...

A man walks past an early voting sign at the Loop Super Site on March 18, 2019.

Who benefits from those anti-gay flyers — Toni Preckwinkle or Lori Lightfoot?

May 31, 2019 at 4:10 p.m.

Just hours after the first round of the Chicago mayoral elections in February, I made two predictions. The first was that former federal prosecutor Lori Lightfoot would be elected mayor...

President Donald Trump is applauded in the Oval Office on March 15, 2019, after issuing the first veto of his presidency, overruling Congress to protect his emergency declaration for border wall funding.

So what will the next president decide is a national emergency? And will it cost me my charcoal?

May 31, 2019 at 4:10 p.m.

I really can’t get all that sweaty and hysterical about President Donald Trump adding to the wall on the Southern border and declaring a national emergency to fund that wall....

Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx, shown on Jan. 24, was contacted in the Jussie Smollett case by a politically connected lawyer close to Chicago's most prominent political families, the Obamas and Emanuels.

Kim Foxx’s embarrassing OMG moment in the Jussie Smollett case

May 31, 2019 at 4:10 p.m.

As TV actor and want-to-be-victim Jussie Smollett pleaded not guilty on Thursday to staging his very own fake hate crime, I thought about someone else on trial in this case:...

An aerial photo from Sept. 28, 2018, showing land where the Lincoln Yards project is planned, near Cortland Street and the North Branch of the Chicago River.

The Lincoln Yards ‘monstrosity’ and what it means for Lori Lightfoot and Toni Preckwinkle

May 31, 2019 at 4:10 p.m.

If what’s happening with that clout-heavy Lincoln Yards megadeal at City Hall doesn’t convince Chicago that it’s time for political change, then nothing will. Both mayoral contenders, former federal prosecutor...

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