Matthew Blake - In These Times

Matthew Blake is a freelance journalist based in Chicago. He has written for the Chicago Journal, Washington Monthly, Washington Independent and The Nation, among other publications.

Web Engineer: ‘I Started Making Websites in Middle School’

Pharmacist: ‘I Always Tell My Children That I Took the Practical Route’

Actor: ‘The Roles Get Fewer and Farther Between’

Flight Attendant: ‘The Job Itself Is Almost Therapeutic’

Hairstylist: ‘It’s Like Being on a First Date All the Time’

Organic Farmer: ‘There Are a Lot of Things I Can’t Control’

Chicago Unions Divided Over Emanuel’s Move To Gut Pensions

Will Bruce Rauner Be Scott Walker 2.0 for Illinois Unions?

U.S. Chamber of Commerce ‘Exposes’ Union Backing of Worker Centers

The Worst Long-Term Unemployment Crisis in 80 Years

Illinois Caregivers Press Governor Quinn for a Living Wage

Don’t Call It a Comeback, Quinn

Protestors Brave Sub-Zero Weather in Bid To Freeze Chicago’s Charter Expansion

On National Day of Action to Reclaim Public Education, Some Chicago Politicians Get Lumps of Coal

Will Power: 16-Day Strike Helps Public Workers Win Wage Increase

How To Save Chicago Schools? Fix the Flat Tax, Say Community Members

Progressive Chicagoans Take Budget Hearings into Their Own Hands—No Emanuel Necessary

Putting the Brakes on Privatization

‘People’s Board’ Takes On Rahm Emanuel’s Handpicked School Board

After Largest School Shutdown in History, Spared Schools See Few Financial Benefits

Fight Against ‘Right-to-Work’ Not Over in Michigan

Will Illinois ‘Ban the Box?’

Task Force Probes Sexual Harassment in Byzantine Warehouse Sector

Can Illinois Public Employees Win a Fair Pension Deal?

What’s Next for the Chicago Teachers Union?

New CPS Board Member Vows Not To Rubber Stamp School Closings

In Zero Sum Game, Rick Perry Courts Illinois Businesses

At School Closing Hearings, Chicago Officials Give Residents the Silent Treatment

Unions Greet ‘Right-to-Work’ with Defiance—and in Some Cases, Adaptation

Will Chicago Save Money From School Closings? The Evidence Is Thin

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn Narrowly Avoids Public Employee Strike

Cops and Firefighters: The Public Sector’s New Untouchable Upper Class?

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