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Rahm Emanuel
February 27, 2023
Taylor Moore
This Conservative Pseudo-Democrat Could Become Chicago’s Next Mayor
Paul Vallas has locked arms with the police, associated with an anti-LGBTQ group, and been mired in scandals. So why is he leading ahead of Tuesday’s election in the overwhelmingly Democratic city?
May 11, 2021
Matt Ford
Rahm Emanuel Gets Another Job He Doesn’t Deserve
The failed former Chicago mayor will be shipped off to serve as the U.S. ambassador to Japan, for some reason.
March 4, 2021
Walter Shapiro
The Cult of the Thuggish Democratic Politician
Obsessed with looking tough, the party has elevated bullies like Andrew Cuomo for years. Is that changing?
December 10, 2020
Matt Ford
Biden Is Finding New and Inexplicable Ways to Screw Up His Cabinet Picks
Who says the president-elect isn’t a political innovator?
December 3, 2020
Osita Nwanevu
Joe Biden’s Cabinet Is a Lost Cause for the Left
It’s time for insurgents to make a break from the Democratic establishment and hone America’s future outside the halls of power.
May 21, 2019
Alan Pyke
Rahm Emanuel’s Deficit of Self-Awareness
The former Chicago mayor and newly minted pundit is right about why the middle class is so mad, but he's oblivious to his own elitism.
May 9, 2018
Magazine
Vauhini Vara
California Dreaming
Opposition to the president in Orange County has boosted hopes of a wave election this fall. But Democrats need more than anti-Trump anger to win.
April 4, 2018
Sarah Jones
How Liberals Learned to Love the Teachers
It wasn't so long ago that teachers' strikes were considered problematic. Then Trump came along.
June 22, 2017
Graham Vyse
Do the Democrats Know How to Win Anymore?
Rahm Emanuel says the party should apply his 2006 playbook to next year's midterms. Progressives say Jon Ossoff's loss in Georgia proves that centrist candidates won't win. This debate won't end until November 6, 2018.
May 23, 2017
Sarah Jones
Why do Democrats care what Rahm Emanuel thinks?
May 23, 2017
Magazine
Diane Ravitch
Don’t Like Betsy DeVos? Blame the Democrats.
The Democratic Party paved the way for the education secretary's efforts to privatize our public schools.
February 7, 2017
Graham Vyse
Rahm Emanuel doesn’t think Democrats stand a chance in 2018.
March 14, 2016
Clio Chang
Rahm Emanuel is politically radioactive, Hillary Clinton edition.
January 14, 2016
Steven Cohen
Does it even matter what and when Rahm Emanuel knew about Laquan McDonald’s death?
January 7, 2016
Alex Shephard
Rahm Emanuel may have known more about the Laquan McDonald video than he let on.
December 31, 2015
Jamil Smith
Rahm Emanuel is giving more Tasers to Chicago cops in 2016. It won’t solve a thing.
December 30, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Under immense pressure, Rahm Emanuel rolls out reforms to reduce police shootings.
December 20, 2015
Jamil Smith
Will Rahm Emanuel’s crisis ever be a problem for Hillary Clinton?
December 9, 2015
Meaghan Murphy
Is this the beginning of a “Recall Rahm” campaign?
December 9, 2015
Steven Cohen
Rahm Emanuel has reached the public apology stage of the Laquan McDonald controversy.
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