Don't celebrate G8 leaving yet
03/14/2012
The G8 is gone. It’s not coming to Chicago. The entire city breathed a giant sigh of relief when the news broke. It’s a win. But the NATO summit is still sticking around.
Read more...Endorsement: Derrick Smith for state rep
03/07/2012
When Annazette Collins decamped her 10th District State Rep seat for the senate, it was filled last year by Derrick Smith, an acolyte of Jesse White and 27th Ward Ald. Walter Burnett who used to run the ward’s streets and sanitation department.
Read More...Plant shutdown a powerful statement
02/29/2012
It’s about time Pilsen’s Fisk power plant, a source of shame and a blight on the entire city, got shut down. We’re thrilled that the city and environmental activists have finally reached a deal to shut down the plant, and most impressively, that it’s allegedly being done so soon.
Come out for the ballgames
02/15/2012
We’re big fans of the Near South sports leagues. For the past five years, Near South Little League has been a rollicking success in the South Loop; as well as Near South Soccer, for the past seven.
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Look closer
02/15/2012
This week, we took a close look at Crane High School’s achievement academy, a program that takes kids in need of extra help from around the city.
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For Pete's sake
02/01/2012
We don’t even know what to say about Pete’s Fresh Market any more. This project has dragged on for so long with such little activity, and it seems sometimes like nothing will ever happen.
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Crane boosters miss chance
01/11/2012
The Chicago Public Schools hearing on Crane High School's closure was designed to be a rote affair. A dry, drab presentation, read directly from PowerPoint slides set it up, and we were expecting to see people rant predictably for two minutes at a time before being pulled away from the microphone with a hook.
Read more...Malcolm X's remake a great fit
01/04/2012
We're on board with the new plan for Malcolm X College. For too long, Chicago's city colleges have been a place of last resort, where too few emerge from the system with a degree or any sort of useful experience.
Read more...Question Collins
01/04/2012
We're very, very uneasy about Annazette Collins. There's a lot of evidence pointing towards the fact that she doesn't live in the state senate district she represents.
Read more...What we're watching for in 2012
12/28/2011
In this issue, we summed up what we thought were some of the biggest local stories that affected Chicago Journal readers. It was a busy year, particularly at the top of the city, where Mayor Rahm Emanuel took over. But a lot of what happened this year simply set the stage for what will happen in 2012. So with that in mind, here are a few things we hope to see next year.
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