Obama And Daley: Allies, Not Intimates
Barack Obama won election to the Illinois Senate in 1996 with no help from Richard Daley. The Chicago mayor offered no assistance to Obama in 2000 whe...
Barack Obama won election to the Illinois Senate in 1996 with no help from Richard Daley. The Chicago mayor offered no assistance to Obama in 2000 whe...
Robert Reed | Posted 11.05.2008 | Chicago
Others can celebrate, but Obama--who is more realist than charismatic idealist--grasps the gravity of what lies ahead.
Howard Wolinsky | Posted 11.04.2008 | Chicago
"Fast Eddie" Vrdolyak, the guy who advised me to wise up, is himself heading to jail, joining a long list of Chicago politicians to do time.
Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 11.03.2008 | Chicago
Monday's guilty plea by former Chicago Ald. Edward R. Vrdolyak (10th) marks a stunning end fit for one of the most controversial figures in the histor...
Jim Ylisela | Posted 10.29.2008 | Chicago
So here we are, 25 years after Harold Washington, and the stakes couldn't be higher.
Paul Engleman | Posted 10.08.2008 | Chicago
The 1983 Chicago mayoral election has one obvious similarity to this year's presidential race. With only a few weeks left, there is a real possibility that something which until recently seemed unthinkable will happen: An African-American could be elected president.
Chicago Sun-Times | Lisa Donovan | Posted 09.18.2008 | Chicago
In the end, Anna R. Langford, the first African-American woman to serve on the Chicago City Council, was happy to have lived to see the first African-...
Jeff Dorchen | Posted 08.17.2008 | Chicago
Barack Obama's political savvy was informed by the Harold Washington era. I feel if you want to know what kind of politician Obama really is you could do worse than look to Harold as a blueprint.
Markus Ziener | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics
For the first time in a long time, we have a presidential contender who knows the hardships of the simple life -- and the tricks to stay afloat in a city like Chicago.
Tom Hayden | Posted 11.09.2007 | Politics
If "think globally, act locally" ever made any sense, this is the time, and you, Barack Obama, are the prophet. If you want to be mainstream, look to the forgotten mainstream.
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Chicago Tribune | Rick Pearson and Bob Secter | Posted 11.17.2008 | Chicago