How strong will the Progressive Caucus be now? Chicago’s City Council is changing.
Just how far to the left did the City Council veer? Maybe the better question is this — just how much more independent will the new council be? Will it...
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Democratic socialists give an AOC vibe to aldermanic runoffs
New York Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has given the political landscape a jolt with her brand of democratic socialist reform, an agenda that rattles cages with calls for an environment-first...
Job One for the new mayor? Stop the violence.
Last week, two 15-year-old boys were shot to death on the South Side. Jamonty Clifton got into an argument with someone on the corner of 79th Street and Colfax Avenue...
For America, Brexit should serve as a potent warning sign
Britain will Brexit, choosing populism over pragmatism, insularity over inclusion — and leaving the world transformed and deeply worried. The rising tide against immigration has Trumped integration (pun intended, of...
For water’s sake, Chicago researchers reach across the seas to Israel
The Arava desert, a salty wasteland dotted with tufts of scrub, gets only about an inch of rain each year. And yet cows lazily low at dairy farms that collectively...
Nobel Peace Prize for Malala Yousafzai brings hope for Pakistan
There are so many targets in Pakistan. Government buildings and bustling bazaars. Christians, Hindus and Shiites. Decorated generals and rank-and-file soldiers. Cops, professors, journalists. Politicians and ministers. Westerners. Twisted logic...
Foreign investment: What Bogota can teach Chicago
— The rules of business in Bogota in the 1990s reached far beyond balance sheets and profit margins. If you could afford an armored car, you bought one. If you...
How does Chicago stack up?
Not long ago, Torsten Gessner, a top executive at a German manufacturing giant, had to decide where to locate the company's new North American headquarters. Consultants offered up a short...
How does Chicago stack up?
Not long ago, Torsten Gessner, a top executive at a German manufacturing giant, had to decide where to locate the company's new North American headquarters. Consultants offered up a short...
Osama bin Laden, born to privilege, dies a pariah — though not to all
Osama bin Laden, a scion of one of Saudi Arabia's wealthiest families, became the grim apostle of a strain of Islamic radicalism that exalted violence against non-believers, and the leader...