Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky about the father of tax-increment financing activism, and more.

Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on whether unions should focus on company policy, worker benefits, or both, and more.

Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on when schools lower property values, and more.

Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on how to get the city to publish public information, and more.

Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on tax-increment financing's fundamental flaw, and how to fix it, and more.

Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on the tenuous connection between Chicago Public School positions, titles, and business cards, and more.

Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on whether Chicago Public Schools staff cuts appear in its budget, and more.

Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on the Board of Education's tradition of getting back to reporters, and more.

Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on why Chicago has local school councils, and more.

Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on how public schools deprive the public of public space, and more.

Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on public-building development demystified, and more.

Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on background on a mayoral ally, and more.

Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on Daley and Thompson's negotiations hidden in plain sight, and more.

Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on the roll call of abused schools, and more.