“The CTU and its allies have achieved a high political profile, effectively creating a coherent left pole in Chicago politics that had not previously existed. Underlying this development is the strength of a union representing twenty-five thousand educators that is prepared to stand up for issues that working-class Chicago cares about.”

In summer 2020, University of Chicago students Audrey Unverferth Evita Duffy launched The Chicago Thinker, a student-led, conservative media outlet whose stated mission is to “Outthink the mob.” Said Duffy, “You can’t have a statement saying that [the school is] a free speech college if there isn’t a culture of free speech.”

The Swiss billionaire who is part of a bid to buy Tribune Publishing for $680 million is considering turning the Chicago Tribune into a nonprofit organization, the Wall Street Journal reports.

Trillions of dollars of federal COVID-19 relief checks have been sent out across the country to help people buy food and pay rent. In Chicago, they’re also helping to fuel gun sales — legally and illegally. Law enforcement officials say they’re been building cases against people who have used their pandemic-relief checks to buy guns and illegally resell them on the street.Law-abiding people are buying guns with their relief checks, too.

” As is, the proposed One Central project in Chicago would give private developers an unprecedented $6.5 billion of taxpayer money plus 34 acres of land in exchange for a public infrastructure project no public agency identified as a major need until after developers concocted the plan…This deal would not have been possible if not for special language inserted at the last minute into a 2019 Illinois spending bill.”

Attorneys for the Joint Civic Committee Italian Americans have a signed agreement from more than 50 years ago that states, “The Park District will, in perpetuity, obtain the written approval of the Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans before making any substantial change to Columbus Plaza or the statue.”