- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 11, 2013
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Mayor Rahm's new advisory board: Advise and consent but no dissent
Emanuel names an advisory board to advise the Infrastructure Trust to do whatever he tells them
- News & Features, Politics, Dec 26, 2012
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The Reader's second annual awards for political "achievement"
Honoring some of the more notable deeds from our elected leaders in 2012
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 26, 2012
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Vote yes for an elected school board!
Democracy in Chicago: Some voters, but not all, get to weigh in on an elected school board
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 23, 2012
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Governor Quinn brings Diane Ravitch to Chicago
Was the governor sending a message to Mayor Rahm when he invited Diane Ravitch, the anti-school reform reformer, to Chicago?
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 12, 2012
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Hey, charterheads: let's make love, not war!
In the name of peace, I offer the following olive branch to charterheads: let's only compare charter schools to magnet schools
- News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, Oct 3, 2012
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Today's lesson: charters do not outperform unionized schools
Confronting the anti-teachers' union myth with, you know, facts
- News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, Sep 19, 2012
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Democracy is messy—welcome to the teachers' union
Why teachers' union politics gets a little messy
- News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, Jul 3, 2012
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The Rahmney plan for schools
Mitt's approach to education sounds a lot like Mayor Emanuel's
- News & Features, Feature, Jun 28, 2012
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The mayor's millionaire club, part II
A look at Rahm Emanuel's calendar shows how wealth and access, far more than party identity or ideology, have come to comand the attention of politicians—leaving everyday people out of the conversation
- Best of Chicago, City Life, Jun 20, 2012
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Best Politician Guided by a What-the-Fuck-Do-I-Have-to-Lose Attitude
Robert Fioretti
- Blogs, Bleader, Jun 13, 2012
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CTU strike authorization: breaking the news to Mayor Rahm
Here's hoping that President Obama force Mayor Rahm to make peace with the Chicago Teachers Union
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 17, 2012
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Mayor Rahm and the f-bomb: a critical study
Mayor Emanuel is selective about whom he drops the f-bomb on.
- News & Features, Politics, Dec 29, 2011
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Our first-ever awards for 'achievement' in local politics
Honoring the deeds and misdeeds of 2011 at the city, county, and state level
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 6, 2011
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Mayor Emanuel jacks up Misericordia's water bills
What passes for reform in Emanuel's Chicago: Jacking up water bills
- News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, Sep 29, 2011
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Wake up, Chicago Teachers Union
Mayor Emanuel has changed the rules—and you need to get in the game
- News & Features, Feature, Aug 25, 2011
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Back to school with Karen Lewis, class of '70*
"That spring began an intense move toward the wearing of the pants"
- News & Features, Politics, Sep 2, 2010
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Define "Redefinition"
Exemplary art teacher Sunny Neater-DuBow was fired without due process because CPS says her job has been redefined. So why is her exact job now posted as an opening?
- Blogs, Bleader, Jun 14, 2010
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Out of a Contentious Teachers Union Election Comes a Sign of Unity
Opponents in the election to lead the Chicago Teachers Union are vowing to work together to hold the schools administration accountable.
- News & Features, Politics, Jun 10, 2010
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The Battle Before the War
Before the teachers' union can fight layoffs and pay cuts, it has to resolve an internal struggle.
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