Op/Ed Archives • Mild Sauce

As Van Dyke Trial Begins, It’s Very Typically ‘Machine Chicago’

Jake KrezAugust 30, 2018

This week the trial of former Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke gets under way. To say it's highly anticipated is an undersell. In the four years since Van... More...

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Chicago Police Using Bait Truck On South, West Sides To Entrap Citizens

Jake KrezAugust 8, 2018

Ah, another day, another act of stupidity by the Chicago Police Department. Despite repeated pleas from Superintendent Eddie Johnson and Mayor Rahm Emanuel abou... More...

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Op/Ed • R. Kelly’s Day of Reckoning May Finally Be Arriving

Jake KrezApril 30, 2018

Today R&B singer Robert Kelly, better known to the world as R. Kelly, announced that he will not be performing at the 2018 Love Jam concert lineup at UIC Pa... More...

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Op/Ed • With Three Years of Population Loss, When Will Chicago’s Housing Bubble Burst?

Jake KrezMarch 22, 2018

It's been the most consistent trend the city has seen over the last three years: Chicagoans leaving Chicago to move elsewhere. Regardless of the reasons: high t... More...

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Op/Ed • On Bruce Rauner, Milk & Guns

Jake KrezMarch 13, 2018

Facing a primary vote later this week, incumbent Republican Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner decided to see how interesting he could make the playing field, once ... More...

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Op/Ed • Ald. Ed Burke Gets Vienna Hot Dog Kickback as The Machine Turns

Jake KrezFebruary 16, 2018

This one might be up there for the most Chicago Politics story of all time. A report today in the Chicago Sun-Times points the finger at Ald. Ed Burke for a tru... More...

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Op/Ed • No Garry McCarthy, Chicago Does Not Want You As Mayor

Jake KrezJanuary 9, 2018

Chicago has always had a New York problem. Similarly to the way "coastal elites" like to dictate to what they often deem 'flyover country', the relationship bet... More...

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Op/Ed • Chris Kennedy Is Right About Chicago’s “Strategic Gentrification Plan”

Jake KrezJanuary 4, 2018

Chicago politics is no place to pull a punch and Governor hopeful Chris Kennedy sent a shot directly to the gut of mayor Rahm Emanuel Wednesday. Speaking during... More...

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Op/Ed • DNAInfo Closure, Local News Landscape Reflects National Scene

Jake KrezNovember 30, 2017

It's been weeks since Joe Ricketts made the decision to shut down local news outlets DNAInfo and Chicagoist in response to both staff's decision to unionize, an... More...

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Gentrification Concerns Shake Up Pilsen Community, Again

Jake KrezNovember 2, 2017

Chicago's neighborhoods have been changing for generations, but the latest wave of gentrification is causing turmoil in Pilsen on the southwest side where longt... More...

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