The Chicago Reader is an alternative newsweekly in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded in 1971 by a group of friends who attended Carleton College. In July 2007, the Reader was sold to Creative Loafing,  and in mid-September 2007, it was announced that printing of the paper has been outsourced to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's Milwaukee priniting facilities.

Issues are dated every Friday and distributed free to more than 1,400 locations in the Chicago metropolitan area on Thursday and Friday. As of June 2006, the average weekly circulation, audited by the Audit Bureau of Circulations, was 120,204, down from more than 138,000 just five years before.

The Reader has served two significant roles in Chicago. First, it offers exceptional local news and commentary. Because it is funded largely through extensive classified advertising and by small businesses, the Reader's journalism can be hard-hitting. (Wikipedia.org)

Read Chicago Reader, February 5, 2009 Online

The Rogers Park Issue
Borders and Boundaries
From Indian treaties to the Cabbage Wars to World War II, the forces that shaped Rogers Park and West Ridge.
By Bill Savage

The Savages of Time
Sex columnist Dan Savage and his brother Bill on the lost landmarks of their childhood.
By Dan Savage and Bill Savage

The Shovelers of North Mozart
The West Ridge way: rest on Saturday, help your neighbor on Sunday.
By Adam Langer

MVP or Mope?
Alderman Joe Moore, whipping boy for the 49th Ward
By Ben Joravsk

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