Whet Moser

The mayor scores his highest approval ratings from whites (61 percent) and the wealthy (62 percent), which is likely driven in part by perceptions of neighborhood crime. But "no opinion" still scores pretty high after the mayor's first year. Read more

Chicago comes in behind its Midwest peers Minneapolis and Madison, finishing just behind Tuscon to round out the top 10, but take it with a grain of salt: we're at something of a disadvantage due to the city's physical size. Read more

A large, Catholic Workers-organized protest at Obama's downtown headquarters ends with eight arrests—but behind the numbers, it went peacefully, and even politely. Read more

Stephanie Kuehnert looks back on bullying and homophobia for Rookie, while the Washington Post looks into Mitt Romney's past, and his high school during the 1960s. Read more

A journalist goes after some Northwestern grad students, their black-studies program, and the entire field... and gets fired over it, setting off a debate about the limits of what you can and can't say about race, and where you can and can't say it. Read more

Richard Mourdock, Indiana state treasurer and perennial candidate, pulled off a huge upset (by a huge margin), knocking off a six-term senator in yesterday's primary. It's a sign of the times, but don't dismiss it as unstrategic post-bipartisanship. Read more