Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel Fires Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy

Staff / Truthdig Dec 2, 2015 Emanuel has made an example of his city's top cop one week after the release of video footage showing the shooting death of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald by police Officer Jason Van Dyke. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

VIDEO: Chicago Braces for New Protests Following Video Showing Police Killing of Black Teen

Staff / Truthdig Nov 25, 2015 More protests are expected Wednesday after the release of video footage showing the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald by police officer Jason Van Dyke. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

VIDEO: Chicago Officer Charged With First-Degree Murder in Death of Black Teenager (Updated)

Staff / Truthdig Nov 25, 2015 A judge in Cook County, Ill., charged Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke with first-degree murder Tuesday in the shooting death of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald last year. Updated Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Rahm Wins

Eric Allie, Caglecartoons.com Apr 13, 2015 Dig deeper

A Deepening Democratic Party Divide

David Sirota / Truthdig Apr 5, 2015 For those pining for a Democratic Party that tries to represent more than the whims of the rich and powerful, these are, to say the least, confusing times. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

In Chicago, You Have to Pay to Play With Public Money

David Sirota / Truthdig Apr 12, 2014 In America, there is regular ol' corruption, and then there is Chicago Corruption, with a capital "C." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Chicago Waking Up!

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 29, 2013 The people of Chicago are learning how to disturb, embarrass and block the ambitions of socially destructive politicians and corporate executives, Rick Perlstein of The Nation magazine reports. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

In the Dead Zone of Capitalism: Lessons From Chicago on the Violence of Inequality

By Henry A. Giroux, Truthout Jun 6, 2013 While the superrich themselves live in an age of precarity due to the free-market economics they support, they largely escape its consequences through obscene amounts of wealth that enable them to buy private solutions to public problems. Dig deeper ( 20 Min. Read )

Privatizing Education in Chicago

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig May 28, 2013 The Chicago Board of Education voted last week to close 50 of the city's public schools as part of Mayor Rahm Emanuel's plan to save more than $500 million, or half the district's deficit. Some 30,000 students will be affected, about 90 percent of them African-American. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Marching in Chicago: Resisting Rahm Emanuel’s Neoliberal Savagery

By Henry A. Giroux, Truthout May 25, 2013 Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s current attempt to close down 54 public schools largely inhabited by poor minorities is one more example of a savage, racist neoliberal system that uses the politics of austerity and consolidation to further disenfranchise unskilled youths in the inner city. Dig deeper ( 18 Min. Read )

Dutch Catholics Seek to Ditch a Homophobic Church

Staff / Truthdig Dec 28, 2012 Many Dutch citizens are attempting to "de-baptize" themselves to protest Pope Benedict's anti-gay marriage declarations; a national database of gun owners may have helped prevent the Newtown shooting; and although the media insist the president is giving in to the Republicans' demands to make cuts to Social Security, Obama's been trying to reduce it all along. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Standing Up for Teachers

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Sep 18, 2012 Teachers are heroes, not villains, and it's time to stop demonizing them. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )