Look homeward, Obama

When the words "Chicago" and "politics" collide, a multitude of images arise. From the mythical voters who rose from the grave to elect John F. Kennedy in 1960, to the tear gas that separated hard hats and cops from billy-clubbed war protesters in 1968, most of those images have to do with corruption and conflict.

In the 1980s, Chicago was famous for bad blood and racial friction in city… » Full Story on Salon.com