Top Stories for Mark Konkol on DNAinfo - Monday, April 16, 2018 | 6:13pm https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/chicago/about-us/our-team/editorial-team/mark-konkol Chicago Neighborhood News //fluffyclouds.dnainfo.com/img/svg/logo_chicago.svg Top Stories for Mark Konkol on DNAinfo - Monday, April 16, 2018 | 6:13pm https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/chicago/about-us/our-team/editorial-team/mark-konkol 111 33 An amazing website { assign var='i' value='0'} 'Algren: A Life' Paints Vivid Portrait Of Chicago's Outcast Poet Laureate 'Algren: A Life' Paints Vivid Portrait Of Chicago's Outcast Poet Laureate

Reporter Mary Wisniewski's brilliant Nelson Algren biography was a labor of love for more than a decade.

]]> https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20161215/downtown/nelson-algren-biography-a-life-mary-wisniewski Thu, 15 Dec 2016 09:57:40 -0500 https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20161215/downtown/nelson-algren-biography-a-life-mary-wisniewski { assign var='i' value=i+1} 'Out Of The Wreck I Rise,' An Anthology On Addiction That Might Save Lives 'Out Of The Wreck I Rise,' An Anthology On Addiction That Might Save Lives

KONKOL: Neil Steinberg's new literary companion to recovery is more than a poetry book for drunkards.

]]> https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20161202/river-north/neil-steinberg-out-of-the-wreck-i-rise-book-recovery-addiction Fri, 02 Dec 2016 08:19:45 -0500 https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20161202/river-north/neil-steinberg-out-of-the-wreck-i-rise-book-recovery-addiction { assign var='i' value=i+1} Chicago Is Losing Its National Clout, But Fight For Our City Is On Chicago Is Losing Its National Clout, But Fight For Our City Is On

KONKOL: Don't sweat the big stuff. Chicago has bigger problems than the guy moving into the White House.

]]> https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20161110/downtown/election-2016-donald-trump-rahm-emanuel-chicago-gun-violence Thu, 10 Nov 2016 05:12:47 -0500 https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20161110/downtown/election-2016-donald-trump-rahm-emanuel-chicago-gun-violence { assign var='i' value=i+1} 'Kicking And Screaming' Scores Pullman A Metra Stop Worthy Of A Monument 'Kicking And Screaming' Scores Pullman A Metra Stop Worthy Of A Monument

KONKOL: Station shaming and political pressure boosted Pullman Metra stop makeover budget by $100,000.

]]> https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20161025/pullman/kicking-screaming-scores-pullman-metra-stop-worthy-of-monument Fri, 28 Oct 2016 11:39:30 -0400 https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20161025/pullman/kicking-screaming-scores-pullman-metra-stop-worthy-of-monument { assign var='i' value=i+1} Mayor Emanuel Pivots While Avoiding Sworn Testimony On CPD Code Of Silence Mayor Emanuel Pivots While Avoiding Sworn Testimony On CPD Code Of Silence

KONKOL: City Hall lawyers don't want Rahm Emanuel to talk about the police code of silence under oath.

]]> https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20161020/downtown/mayor-emanuel-pivots-while-avoiding-sworn-testimony-on-cpd-code-of-silence Fri, 21 Oct 2016 10:35:31 -0400 https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20161020/downtown/mayor-emanuel-pivots-while-avoiding-sworn-testimony-on-cpd-code-of-silence { assign var='i' value=i+1} Maybe It's Time White Sox Fans Rooted For A Cubs World Series Championship Maybe It's Time White Sox Fans Rooted For A Cubs World Series Championship

Can Sox fans stomach the Cubbies as champs if it means ending their superstitious excuses for losing?

]]> https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20161014/wrigleyville/cubs-mark-konkol-nlcs-goat-curse-white-sox-fans-root-bartman Mon, 17 Oct 2016 08:31:51 -0400 https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20161014/wrigleyville/cubs-mark-konkol-nlcs-goat-curse-white-sox-fans-root-bartman { assign var='i' value=i+1} DNAinfo Radio: A Chat About What Trump Said About 'War-Torn' Chicago DNAinfo Radio: A Chat About What Trump Said About 'War-Torn' Chicago

Matt Bubala and Mark Konkol debate whether political rhetoric on violence deflects blame from City Hall.

]]> https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20160928/downtown/donald-trump-stop-and-frisk-chicago-war-torn Wed, 28 Sep 2016 09:49:18 -0400 https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20160928/downtown/donald-trump-stop-and-frisk-chicago-war-torn { assign var='i' value=i+1} Irish 'Movie Hooley' Returns (With Irish Whiskey) To Siskel Film Center Irish 'Movie Hooley' Returns (With Irish Whiskey) To Siskel Film Center

Mike Houlihan credits drinking in Ireland for helping him find films for the festival's second season. 

]]> https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20160921/loop/irish-movie-hooley-returns-with-irish-whiskey-siskel-film-center Wed, 21 Sep 2016 05:25:21 -0400 https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20160921/loop/irish-movie-hooley-returns-with-irish-whiskey-siskel-film-center { assign var='i' value=i+1} In Criminal Justice System Rigged Against Poor, Even Do-Gooders Stay Silent In Criminal Justice System Rigged Against Poor, Even Do-Gooders Stay Silent

KONKOL: Trump says "the system is rigged." When it comes to criminal justice in Chicago, he's right.

]]> https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20160727/downtown/even-do-gooders-hinder-fixing-criminal-justice-system-rigged-against-poor Thu, 15 Sep 2016 13:45:16 -0400 https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20160727/downtown/even-do-gooders-hinder-fixing-criminal-justice-system-rigged-against-poor { assign var='i' value=i+1} What's Worse: Sox Park's New Corporate Name Or Cubs' World Series Drought? What's Worse: Sox Park's New Corporate Name Or Cubs' World Series Drought?

DNAinfo Radio: Crosstown "frienemies" debate the significance of slapping a new name on Sox Park.

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