“If you have a giant fucking pile of money and a bunch of dumb fucks running against you, DREAMS DO COME TRUE.” — @MayorEmanuel Two years after he admitted publicly that he’d like to be mayor of Chicago, Rahm Emanuel’s fantasy became reality in the Windy City. Last night, the former White House chief of […]
Adam Doster
Adam Doster is a freelance journalist based in Chicago. He was previously senior editor at Progress Illinois, which received a 2010 a Studs Terkel Community Media Award. His writing has appeared in The Nation, The American Prospect, and The Daily Beast, among other publications.
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Election Day in Chicago.
TAP welcomes Adam Doster, a Chicago-based journalist who will blog for us today and tomorrow as the Chicago mayoral election, which Rahm Emanuel is widely expected to win, unfolds. You can regularly find his blogging here. When three Chicago Democrats ran in a primary election 22 years ago for the opportunity to fill the chair […]
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Rahm’s Missed Battle
The challenges to Rahm Emanuel’s candidacy have sucked the oxygen out of a race that should have been about Chicago’s future.
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How Dems Lost Illinois
High unemployment, a gaping state deficit, and a weak slate of Democratic candidates have given the GOP the advantage in Obama’s home state.
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Who Will Replace Obama in the Senate?
Voters may have elevated Obama to the presidency, but they don’t get to pick his replacement — that task goes to Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Here is a rundown of the top contenders.
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Rebuilding Labor from the Bottom Up
Two new books explore the missteps of organized labor and the paths to resurgence.
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One Student, No Vote
Activists across the country are organizing to ensure students get a fair shake at the polls.
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The Freedom to I-Bank
Daniel Brook’s new book explores who is to blame for the rise of the young, liberal “sell-out” and why the phenomenon hurts America
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Correcting the Guards
Why the shaky relationship between organized labor and correctional officers is doubly harmful to the American left.