Rahm’s Post-Mayoral Report Card

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manuel’s new book is called . A more accurate title would be . The thesis is sound: Emanuel believes the federal government is so broken that real progress can only happen locally. bestseller list, and the paper acerbically reviewed it. Laquan McDonald is mentioned just once—as one of half a dozen young African Americans killed by police nationwide as the result of “an entrenched culture of abuse” (read: “See, it’s not just Chicago!”). Black staffers at the didn’t excuse Emanuel as easily. They demanded that management strip him of his title of contributing editor because he “used the conditions of a financial settlement with a grieving family to cover up the details of the murder.”