Mike Klonsky's Blog

Protests rocked Chicago following the Laquan McDonald shooting and the cover-up that followed.  Responding to liberal critics of incivil...

Rahm's pal David Axelrod hints that Rahm may not run.  Despite the many millions in his campaign warchest, there are signs that Mayo...

Former Police Board President  Lori Lightfoot is expected to officially announce today that she's joining a long list of candidates, ...

Who will get the anti-Rahm vote? The thing I worry about is that the Chicago mayor's race will be an expensive governor's race r...

Dana Milbank on the death of a border patrol agent Falsehood flies, and truth comes limping after it. -- Washington Post   Porter’...

Yesterday's protest : On State Street, that great street... Rahm Emanuel "I own the problem of police brutality, and I...

I watched an old film, "The Shipping News" the other night. I liked it, mainly because it's set on the wild, stormy, Newfoun...

When Black Friday comes I'll stand down by the door And catch the grey men when they Dive from the fourteenth floor -Steely Dan ...

Toast, I hope. It's time for Chicago's top-cop and the state's attorney to be gone. Anticipating a wave of protest follow...

What a great night! Thousands of Chicago teachers and community activists packed Grant Park last night in a show of strength and unity ...

Supt. McCarthy goes all Che Guevara on us. "I know what needs to happen. It's clear to me as anything on earth. It's a sys...

City Council Black Caucus chairman Ald. Roderick Sawyer (6th), at podium, and members on Monday call for the firing of Chicago Police Supt...