Politics | Wednesday, July 12,2006

Its bigger than hip-hop

Chicago convention continues effort to give form to a movement

When it comes to putting out music that makes a statement, rap has ebbed and flowed. In the late 1980s and early ’90s, hip-hop’s mantra was “black power,” and

Politics | Wednesday, July 5,2006

Caging the beast

Think the U.S. military is on our side? Think again.

By Rod Helle

“Kill every buffalo you can . . . every buffalo dead is an Indian gone.” — Col. R.I. Dodge, Fort McPherson, 1867 “We are going to fight them and impose

Politics | Wednesday, June 14,2006

Leaving nothing to chance

Illinois may vote on same-sex marriage but why?

By R. L. Nave

The last time a statewide referendum went before the Illinois electorate, 1978, Hustler publisher Larry Flynt had just been shot and paralyzed, perennial Hall of Fame reject Pete Rose c

Politics | Thursday, December 11,2003

Wooing single women

Unmarried women, analysts say, are tilting left politically

By Lakshmi Chaudhry

Meet the single woman, breadwinner, cultural icon, and the star of every liberal's dream of regime change. Whether she is a divorced waitress in Harlem, a welfare mom in Iowa, or that 30-something sin