It’s a two-way race between Daniel Biss and Kat Abughazaleh, but neither is counting out AIPAC-backed Laura Fine.
Emma Janssen
Emma Janssen is a writing fellow at The American Prospect, where she reports on anti-poverty policy, health, and political power. Before joining the Prospect, she was at UChicago studying political philosophy, editing for The Chicago Maroon, and freelancing for the Hyde Park Herald.
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In Illinois’s Eighth District, AIPAC and AI Try to Buy a Seat
Pro-corporate Melissa Bean is massively outraising Junaid Ahmed, her main progressive challenger.
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Brad Lander Is Building a United Progressive Front
The former New York City comptroller and councilmember is running for Congress. To unseat incumbent Democratic Rep. Dan Goldman, he’ll have to consolidate the progressive left.
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First AIPAC, Now AI PACs
AI and crypto PACs are spending millions in Chicago-area midterm races.
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Striking Out—and Winning
In 2023, minor league baseball players won a union contract and put an end to decades of exploitation.
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The Border Patrol’s Legacy of Violence
To understand the brutality in Minneapolis, look to the agency that has a history of fomenting it.
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Trump’s War on Child Care
The already struggling system faces more struggles from administration rule changes.
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The Student Loan Report the Trump Administration Didn’t Want Published
Read the CFPB report the Trump administration cut and scrubbed, which includes information on a higher-education surveillance pricing scheme.
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Monetizing Regime Change
It is trivially easy for administration officials to use prediction markets to bet on the policies they authorize. We may have just seen it in Venezuela.
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Bringing Stories From the Midwest
Writing fellow Emma Janssen looks back on her reporting this year.