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It’s clear that Rahm Emanuel is out for himself and his rich friends, not for Chicagoans. BY RICK PERLSTEIN Anti-fracking forces pushed Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) to pass the ban, and proved conventional wisdom wrong. BY ERIC WELTMAN In order to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, we should forget, not dwell in, an ancient past. BY SLAVOJ ZIZEK
Palestinian children are taken from their beds in night raids and not returned to their families for months. BY BETH MASCHINOT
By any other name, it still smells like torture. BY FLINT TAYLOR
The redesigned New York Times Magazine aims for a global outlook, but comes off as elitist. BY SUSAN J. DOUGLAS Public mental healthcare has been gutted in the past 50 years. An innovative Illinois law may provide an answer. BY ANNE-MARIE CUSAC Does a story-sharing program offer a chance at Southern reconciliation? BY THEO ANDERSON
While money poured into the recent elections, voters showed that they are tired of business as usual. BY KARI LYDERSEN
Kent Russell seeks to lay claim to the raw, serious stuff of the American male past. BY CHRIS LEHMANN The city’s progressives should claim no easy victories. BY MARILYN KATZ The victory wouldn’t have been possible without agitation from the grassroots. BY JAY CASSANO |
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| How Chicago’s Grassroots Movements Defeated Rahm Emanuel at the Polls
The progressive swing in Chicago’s recent elections was no coincidence, it came out of years of grassroots organizing. BY AMISHA PATEL |
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