Andy Shaw

This time around, don't give Jerry Reinsdorf a win over taxpayers

Self-financing would be a win-win for taxpayers and fans, even if it’s unpopular with owners and investors in sports franchises with big appetites for public subsidies.

By Andy Shaw

Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Illinois, flanked by leafless trees.

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Political corruption won’t end in Illinois till lawmakers pass reforms

Illinois is at a pivotal moment when it’s no longer enough for the governor and legislative leaders to make wishy-washy public statements decrying corruption. It’s time for them to “walk the walk.”

By Andy Shaw

Chicago police officers stand near police tape surrounding a crime scene on North Rush Street.

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In 40 years as a journalist, I visited every Chicago neighborhood. For the first time, I now fear for my safety.

I’m long past the “bullet-proof” vibrancy of youth — but I feel like the same person, only traversing a different city that has many more palpable threats, Andy Shaw writes.

By Andy Shaw

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One reporter’s decades-long dance with Mike Madigan

Politicians calculate what they say and do. Journalists turn what they say and do into stories. And every now and then they interact like normal human beings.

By Andy Shaw

Sports Media

Kasper knows baseball is a sport that still can be savored on radio

Real fandom — the deep-seated kind that becomes part of your persona — starts when you’re young and, as Len Kasper can attest, stays with you forever.

By Andy Shaw

Columnists

A salute to election officials who, contrary to Trump’s claim, are making sure every vote is counted

Reversing the flow of this presidential election, as engineers famously did with the Chicago River in 1887, is the ultimate pipe dream.

By Andy Shaw

Commentary

Two Chicagos, set apart even today by segregation, must become one whole city

Is the answer some type of reparations? Perhaps. But only as part of a long-term integration and equalization plan.

By Andy Shaw

Columnists

As a CPS grandparent, I’m so saddened by how remote learning has been bungled in Chicago

Remote learning in Chicago last spring was a bad joke. Teachers in New York offered twice as much live interactional learning and gave assignments that were twice as challenging,

By Andy Shaw

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Six ways Mayor-elect Lightfoot can stay true to her good-government promises

Thousands of loyal Chicagoans stand ready, willing and able to support Lightfoot as she reinvents Chicago government.

By Andy Shaw