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Matthew Blake
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On National Day of Action to Reclaim Public Education, Some Chicago Politicians Get Lumps of Coal
“Those aldermen who support the TIF surplus ordinance: They are on our good list,” Michael Brunson, more »
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Will Power: 16-Day Strike Helps Public Workers Win Wage Increase
On 2:30 a.m. on Wednesday, union leaders and government officials in Will County, Ill., finally hammered out a more »
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How To Save Chicago Schools? Fix the Flat Tax, Say Community Members
“It’s just been a lot of chaos,” Chicago parent Wendy Katten said to an more »
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Progressive Chicagoans Take Budget Hearings into Their Own Hands—No Emanuel Necessary
Many Chicago progressives might remember Richard M. Daley, the Windy City’s mayor between 1989 and 2011, as ruling... more »
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Putting the Brakes on Privatization
Chicago’s Better Government Association (BGA), a watchdog group that has fought waste, fraud and abuse in more »
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‘People’s Board’ Takes On Rahm Emanuel’s Handpicked School Board
Jitu Brown, an education organizer at Chicago’s Kenwood Oakland Community Organization, has been a fixture at more »
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After Largest School Shutdown in History, Spared Schools See Few Financial Benefits
In pushing through the closures of 50 neighborhood Chicago schools this summer over the vociferous objections of the teachers more »
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Fight Against ‘Right-to-Work’ Not Over in Michigan
Last December, Gov. Rick Snyder outraged unions and progressives when he abruptly signed two bills into law making more »
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Will Illinois ‘Ban the Box?’
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn, a Democrat, has promised to issue an administrative order within the next two weeks more »
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Task Force Probes Sexual Harassment in Byzantine Warehouse Sector
The Chicago-based workers center Warehouse Workers For Justice has formed a task force to investigate sexual harassment and more »
