Even in the Age of Obama, serious impediments remain for the most ambitious black politicians....
AP | Posted 08.06.2011
WASHINGTON — Months after Illinois' new senator took office, the Supreme Court says it will not consider overturning the election of President B...
Chicago Sun-Times | Lynn Sweet on November 18, 2010 12:41 PM | Posted 05.25.2011
In his farewell speech, Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.), the only African American in the Senate, said it was "troubling" that when he leaves at the end o...
AP | Posted 05.25.2011
CHICAGO — Former U.S. Sen. Roland Burris says he isn't running for Chicago mayor, despite a petition by friends to draft him. The Democrat issu...
Daniel Sinker | Posted 05.25.2011
You're going to need a website. Many of you have them, but there are a few surprises in the pool that don't. Danny Davis and Roland Burris, I'm talking to you when I say the web is really important.
AP | CHRISTOPHER WILLS | Posted 05.25.2011
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday it won't stop a special election for President Barack Obama's old Senate seat that leaves...
The Capitol Fax Blog | Posted 05.25.2011
Unless Americans for Prosperity wants the Illinois State Board of Elections to violate probably two dozen state and federal laws, it cannot certify th...
Posted 05.25.2011
Before they lose their majority in the House, and many valuable votes in the Senate, Congressional Democrats will want to get some work done. They've ...
AP | Posted 05.25.2011
CHICAGO — A federal judge says Illinois' special election for President Barack Obama's former Senate seat will feature the same candidates who q...
Posted 05.25.2011
After Republicans successfully blocked debate on the defense authorization bill Tuesday, much was made of the defeat of immigration reforms in the DRE...
Posted 05.25.2011
One of the most unpopular Senators in recent history is hoping to stay in his seat just a little longer. Roland Burris, whose approval ratings have b...
Posted 05.25.2011
Illinois politicians came out on top (and bottom) of a new "Best & Worst of Congress" list in the September issue of the Washingtonian magazine. Repu...
Lonna Saunders | Posted 05.25.2011
Let's move forward, US Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald, and spend the public's limited tax dollars and limited resources on catching some other bad guys. You did what you said you would do.
Posted 05.25.2011
It now appears almost certain that there will be a special election for Illinois' U.S. Senate seat simultaneous with the general election on November ...
Posted 05.25.2011
Following a court ruling, it appears increasingly likely that Illinois voters will vote twice for U.S. Senator in November. One vote will be in the g...
Lonna Saunders | Posted 05.25.2011
After the government rested its case months ahead of schedule, it became apparent to anyone who was paying attention that what we have here is a perfectly premature prosecution.
NBC Chicago | Posted 05.25.2011
Senator Burris, embattled ever since his appointment by former Gov. Blagojevich, spoke bitterly about his time in office and his inability to run for ...
Posted 05.25.2011
The election to replace Roland Burris as the junior senator from Illinois is heating up, with Mark Kirk and Alexi Giannoulias fighting tooth and nail ...
AP | CHRISTOPHER WILLS | Posted 05.25.2011
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Republican Senate candidate Mark Kirk's newest adversary in the latest controversy over his military service is the Defense ...
Keli Goff | Posted 05.25.2011
Obama was supposed to be to America's 200 year-old racial problem what gastric bypass surgery is to a weight problem: a quick fix. But as any bypass patient will tell you, what looks like a quick fix is really a painful, complicated battle.
HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011
UPDATE 3/25 9:47 PM It wasn't easy and it wasn't pretty, but the congressional debate over comprehensive health care reform ended Thursday night with ...
Posted 05.25.2011
Rod Blagojevich had some choice words for a number of prominent Chicago politicians, in a radio appearance on Fred and Jeri Thompson's WLS radio show ...
Posted 05.25.2011
Even though President Obama and the majority of the American people want Don't Ask, Don't Tell gone, there has yet to be much movement on the issue of...
Matt Farmer | Posted 05.25.2011
I started to doze off around 10:00 p.m. while Alexi Giannoulias was giving his acceptance speech. I'll have to double-check the transcript, but this is what I thought I heard.
Posted 05.25.2011
Illinoisans have nine months to decide who will replace Roland Burris in the U.S. Senate. But we know one thing, as NBC Chicago pointed out Wednesday ...
The American Prospect | Jamelle Bouie | Posted 03.15.2012