Achy Obejas

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Rogers Park high school students make anti-Rahm video

Feb. 8, 2011
You’ve probably seen the video that Chicago Public Schools students put together, attacking Rahm Emanuel and supporting Miguel del Valle for mayor.

Watkins thinks big with her transit plan

Feb. 3, 2011
In the next few days, mayoral candidate Patricia Van Pelt Watkins will unveil a comprehensive transportation plan for Chicago that includes a model for seeking more state and federal funds, expansion of rail service, integrating greater bike usage and incentives for car sharing.

Watkins: 'Never used crack in my life'

Feb. 1, 2011
Patricia Van Pelt Watkins can laugh about it now, but you can still hear the astonishment in her voice. “I was amazed that she would say something like that,” Watkins said.

Obejas: Who can best lead City Council?

Jan. 31, 2011
 Miguel Del ValleNow that the election is less than a month away, here’s something to consider: For just a half sec, set aside what all four major candidates are saying, and imagine each one individually calling a City Council meeting to order.

Obejas: Observations from City Club debate

Jan. 28, 2011
Gery Chico thinks he’s Mayor Daley.

Who's your first and second choice for mayor?

Jan. 25, 2011
Jean Quan, mayor of Oakland, CADays before the Illinois Appellate Court knocked Rahm Emanuel off the ballot for the Feb.

Obejas: How Carol keeps helping Rahm

Jan. 21, 2011
If you read media reports, you’d think Gery Chico is Rahm Emanuel’s most likely partner in the probable mayoral run-off.But, off camera, what every campaign has been worried about has been Carol Moseley-Braun’s ability – not to generate black votes (a given) but to force enou

The Derrion Albert verdict: Was justice served?

Jan. 13, 2011
No one can have been surprised by the verdict in the Silvanus Shannon case, not after a jury last month returned the exact same result for another defendant, an unnamed minor, in less than half an hour of deliberations: guilty of the first degree murder of Derrion Albert.This time it took 3 and a ha

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