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The new mayor of Chicago and the lessons for progressives in San Francisco

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The new mayor of Chicago and the lessons for progressives in San Francisco

A progressive beat a ‘tough-on-crime’ candidate in the nation’s third-largest city. What does that say about SF in 2024? By TIM REDMOND APRIL 6, 2023 (48Hills.org) I am not from Chicago, and other than stops in O’Hare and a couple of one-day conferences and teaching gigs, I’ve only spent time… Continue reading →

HOW CHICAGO LIFTED ITSELF OUT OF THE SWAMP AND BECAME A MODERN METROPOLIS

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By Building Canals, Laying Sewers, and Jacking Up Buildings, the Windy City Spurred Its Miraculous Growth Raising a block of buildings on Lake Street, Chicago, in 1857. Courtesy of the Chicago Historical Society/Wikimedia Commons. by JOSHUA SALZMANN | OCTOBER 11, 2018 (ZocaloPublicSquare.org) In 1833, Chicago was a wilderness outpost of just 350 residents, clumped around a small… Continue reading →