Print Issue of August 24, 2017 (Volume 46, Number 46)

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C H I C A G O ’ S F R E E W E E K LY | K I C K I N G A S S S I N C E 1 9 7 1 | A U G U S T 2 4 , 2 0 1 7

Development

Chicago blog

threatens one of the

Lyrical Lemonade

south side’s only

shares its juice

dog-friendly areas. 17

with rising rappers. 25

“I said, if someone could run for president of the United States and say ‘I’m a democratic socialist,’ then, hell, I can come out of the closet. I’ve come out of the closet before.” —Chicago alderman and new Democratic Socialists of America member Carlos Ramirez-Rosa

Inspired by Bernie, outraged by Trump, and betrayed by the neoliberal establishment, the reinvigorated Democratic Socialists of America set out to paint the town red. By RYAN SMITH 11


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