📰 Reader Wrapped 2023: Top News & Politics Stories

Coming soon: a weekly column by news editor Shawn Mulcahy. [READER]( The Daily Reader 🗣️ December 21, 2023 🗳️ Make it Make Sense Credit: Kirk Williamson Before we get to our year in review, we have some exciting news to share with you! In a new weekly column from Chicago Reader's news editor [Shawn Mulcahy]( we'll tell you about a few of the top stories on our radar each week—and how they impact our communities. We'd love to hear what you think: [drop us a line](mailto:smulcahy@chicagoreader.com) with what you'd like to see covered in Make it Make Sense, coming soon. 1. [‘Why you talking to a bum?’]( (April 2023) by [Katie Prout]( When the very presence of unhoused people on the CTA is considered a public safety concern, who is the public, and what are we keeping them safe from? 2. [Two train rides in November (Dec 2023)]( by [Katie Prout]( A grieving mother and a CTA chief are pushing for change in the CTA: one from the outside, one from within. 3. [']( are extremely manipulative']( (May 2023) by [Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven]( Hundreds of lawsuits against Wexford Health Sources, a for-profit medical corporation operating inside Illinois prisons, allege substandard care. An employee handbook describes how clinicians were trained to be skeptical of incarcerated patients. 4. [Anatomy of an intervention]( (July 2023) by [Katie Prout]( When a problem of discomfort becomes a problem of safety on the CTA, community violence disruption can be a powerful tool. 5. [Locked up for cannabis, locked out of work]( (April 2023) by [Tatiana Walk-Morris]( Recreational use is legal in Illinois, but the state still has prisoners incarcerated for cannabis-related offenses, and those convictions prevent future work in the cannabis industry. BONUS: BLAST FROM THE PAST 1. [Paul Vallas rubs shoulders with the far right]( by [Kelly Garcia]( (July 2022) 2. [The Last Hours of William O’Neal]( by [Michael Ervin]( (Jan 1990) 3. [The First Family of pinball: Meet the local wizards behind the game’s huge resurgence]( by [Ryan Smith]( (May 2018) 4. [The Life and Death of Bobbie Arnstein]( by [Pat Colander]( (Aug 1975) 5. [The Allen Ross Mystery: A Body in the Basement]( by [Jack Helbig]( (Aug 2000) [Issue of Dec. 15 - 27, 2023 Vol. 53, No.]( [VIEW/DOWNLOAD ISSUE (PDF)]( [View this e-mail as a web page]( [@chicago_reader]( [/chicagoreader]( [@chicago_reader]( [Chicago Reader on LinkedIn]( [/chicagoreader]( [chicagoreader.com]( [Forward this e-mail to a friend](. Want to change how you receive these e-mails? You can [update your preferences]( [unsubscribe]( from this list. Copyright © 2023 Chicago Reader, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: Chicago Reader, 2930 S. Michigan Ave., Suite 102, Chicago, IL 60616