The New Proletariat
Aug 17, 2019
3 minutes
By EDWARD McCLELLAND
Illustration by PETE RYAN
ANDRE VASQUEZ DOESN’T LOOK LIKE ANYONE WHO’S EVER SET FOOT ON THE CITY Council floor. Over the summer, the freshman alderman held an open house in his 40th Ward office, a former dry cleaner whose windows are now adorned with a gay pride flag and a Black Lives Matter poster. Vasquez’s arms were covered with tattoos. He wore a “No Human Being Is Illegal” T-shirt and a City of Chicago baseball cap.
Vasquez doesn’t think like many other aldermen, either. He’s one of six democratic
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