Mayoral Power Rankings 2023: January 2023 Update By Edward Robert McClelland As we creep closer to election day, we take a deeper look at the candidates in the race. Read more
Hearing the Latino Political Voice in Chicago By Edward Robert McClelland In his new book, Wilfredo Cruz explores how Latinos have become a political force in the city. Read more
Mayoral Power Rankings 2023: November 2022 Update By Edward Robert McClelland The ballot is starting to take shape, and we're here with our hot takes on the official and potential candidates. Read more
Illinois Remains a True Blue State By Edward Robert McClelland According to Pritzker, Republicans have lost Illinois because Illinois has always resisted extremism. Read more
We Haven’t Elected a Southern Illinoisian Governor Since 1928 By Edward Robert McClelland Darren Bailey won’t be the first candidate for governor undone by his Southernness. Read more
From Lipinski to Garcia: How Archer Avenue’s Guard Has Changed By Edward Robert McClelland The Southwest Side and its politics were once dominated by white ethnics. Now the majority-Latino area is unseating the old and bringing in new representation. Read more
Being the Son of Mother Country Radicals By Edward McClelland A new podcast from Zayd Ayers Dohrn looks at the legacy of the Weather Underground and its ties to today's social and political unrest. Read more
A Less Magnificent Mile By Robert Reed COVID, crime, and online shopping are emptying Michigan Avenue’s swankiest stretch. Can it rebound? Read more
Once a Proxy for the Slavery Debate, Now Illinois Takes on Abortion By Edward McClelland Our position in the middle of the country — surrounded by states with abortion bans — quite literally centers us in the rights controversy. Read more
Illinois Officials React to the Overturning of Roe v. Wade By Sarah Steimer Lightfoot, Pritzker, and other Democrats in the state vow to fight, while Republicans celebrate. Read more
