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Father, husband, schizophrenicnew
Schizophrenia afflicts three times as many blacks as whites. David Mailey is among its victims, but he’s persevering.
Chicago Reader |
Steve Bogira |
08-12-2011 |
Features
Our guide to the Pitchfork Music Festivalnew
In the past few years Pitchfork has started booking a stage at Primavera Sound in Spain and collaborated with All Tomorrow's Parties for a festival in the UK, and this fall it launches a festival in Paris. But Chicago is still the influential online music magazine's home base, and the 2011 Pitchfork Music Festival is the seventh large-scale event it's hosted here.
Chicago Reader |
Miles Raymer, Peter Margasak, Kevin Warwick, Bill Meyer and Leor Galil and Mara Shalhoup |
07-14-2011 |
Music
The Grass Gapnew
People all over Chicago smoke pot—but almost everyone busted for it is black.
Chicago Reader |
Mick Dumke and Ben Joravsky |
07-07-2011 |
Race & Class
Not Your Grandson's Tribune Any Longer?new
The Chicago Tribune is about to roll out changes in the print and online product that will add some gravitas. Staff meetings were scheduled for Monday to explain the changes, which the public could see as soon as mid-June.
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
06-06-2011 |
Media
Tags: Chicago Tribune
A Convict's Odysseynew
When he was 16, Mark Clements talked his way into four life sentences. Twenty-eight years later, he talked his way out.
Chicago Reader |
Steve Bogira |
05-05-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Inside the Ministry Movie Meleenew
Why wasn't Al Jourgensen at last week's premiere of Fix: The Ministry Movie? Buckle up -- it's complicated.
Chicago Reader |
Ed M. Koziarski |
04-18-2011 |
Music
'About the Most Airtight Case of Innocence'new
How a legal storm capsized a petition to free a man who's been imprisoned for three decades.
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
04-12-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Jerry Butler: Soul Survivornew
Jerry "Iceman" Butler was an A-list soul singer, playing with Curtis Mayfield and Otis Redding. Today, he mulls taxes and health care as the longest-serving member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners.
Chicago Reader |
Ted Cox |
04-12-2011 |
Music
What's Next for Chicago Public Schools?new
Now that Chicago Public Schools CEO Ron Huberman is gone, the next step will be Rahm's.
Chicago Reader |
Ben Joravsky |
03-21-2011 |
Education
Tags: Ron Huberman, Rahm Emanuel
It Isn’t Easy Voting Greennew
Pro-environment talk is cheap. Which of Chicago's mayoral candidates will back it up?
Chicago Reader |
Kari Lydersen |
02-17-2011 |
Elections
Separate, Unequal, and Ignorednew
Racial segregation remains Chicago's most fundamental problem. Why isn't it an issue in the mayor's race?
Chicago Reader |
Steve Bogira |
02-14-2011 |
Race & Class
Tags: Chicago, Segregation
Guarding Grandpanew
Illinois is spending money it doesn't have to keep convicts who can barely walk behind bars.
Chicago Reader |
Jessica Pupovac |
01-06-2011 |
Policy Issues
Tags: Prisons, Bill Heirens
Helicopter Mom Will See You at the Pollsnew
The Dems send out invasive e-mails not just for the fun of it, but because science says such e-mails work.
Chicago Reader |
Lauri Apple |
11-02-2010 |
Elections
It Didn't Start With Samnew
The story of the Tribune Company's decline is more nuanced than what you read in the New York Times.
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
10-25-2010 |
Media
"Opinionating" Is Cheapnew
The strange, poignant logic behind Mayhill Fowler's decision to quit blogging for HuffPo.
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
10-05-2010 |
Media
