- Blogs, Bleader Apr 5, 2018
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You can thank Karen Lewis for the national wave of teacher insurrections
The red-shirt-wearing teacher activists from Kentucky, West Virginia, and Oklahoma obviously learned a thing or two from Chicago Teachers Union president Karen Lewis.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 9, 2018
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The Sun-Times published a pre-death obituary for Karen Lewis. What’s wrong with that?
The only thing wrong with landing a glowing obit is that you have to be dead to get it.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 18, 2017
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Emanuel proposes ride-sharing fee increases, 911 phone tax increases in 2018 budget, and other Chicago news
Also, CTU president Karen Lewis is recovering from a stroke in the hospital.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 5, 2017
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The two-year Illinois budget stalemate is expected to end this week with a house vote, and other Chicago news
Also, the New York Daily News slams Rahm's "DUMB TRACK MIND."
- News & Politics, On Politics Jun 7, 2017
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Will Rauner stick it to Rahm by favoring Karen Lewis on the elected school board issue?
As a bill that would give Chicago an elected school board moves toward Governor Bruce Rauner’s desk, he has to decide which of his adversaries he’ll smite.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 9, 2017
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Rahm tells a few Trump-like whoppers in his Stanford talk
In his much-quoted talk to Stanford business students, Mayor Rahm Emanuel stretched the truth about his handling of Chicago's public schools.
- News & Politics, Feature Jan 19, 2017
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Chicago responds to President Trump
Artists, writers, musicians, academics, activists, and politicians—even Rahm!—weigh in on the new administration: the threats, the fears, the absurdity.
- News & Politics, Politics Jan 4, 2017
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Betsy Devos’s presumed agenda: Dismantle public education
Local experts warn that Trump’s pick for Secretary of Education will wage war on “government schools.”
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 17, 2016
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Advice from Angela Davis in the aftermath of the election
“We will have to struggle over the coming period as we have never struggled before,” said the famed radical feminist. “Freedom is a constant struggle."
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 21, 2016
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Report: Rahm's 2017 budget for police misconduct lawsuits will end up costing taxpayers, and other Chicago news
Also, Chicago's election history proves that truth is stranger than fiction.
- News & Politics, On Politics Oct 19, 2016
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Emanuel lobbied feds to approve airline merger, pocketed $53,000 campaign contribution
ProPublica reminds us what the ‘old’ Rahm was like.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 12, 2016
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Rahm: ‘Chicago is back on solid ground’ after facing ‘the financial brink,’ and other news
Also, Second City announces management changes after half the cast of A Red Line Runs Through It leave.
- News & Politics, On Politics Oct 10, 2016
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On the eve of a possible strike, a rookie CPS teacher reminds us what’s at stake
In her first year as a first-grade teacher, this rookie’s facing $40,000 in student-loan debt and an underfunded classroom filled with needy children.
- News & Politics, On Politics Oct 5, 2016
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What’s changed—and what hasn’t—since the last teachers’ strike
The rhetoric is less divisive, but the mayor's dirty tricks are the same.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 28, 2016
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The confessions of Karen Lewis
On the eve of a possible strike, the president of the Chicago Teachers Union was in contemplative mood in front of a friendly crowd at the Hideout, with a nice word or two about Mayor Rahm.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 27, 2016
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Teachers’ union overwhelmingly votes to authorize strike, and other Chicago news
Also, Donald and Ivanka Trump hit town Wednesday to raise money with Mike Ditka.
- News & Politics, On Politics Sep 7, 2016
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CPS’s fantasy infomercial avoids any talk of strikes, layoffs, or budget cuts
With a straight face, CEO Forrest Claypool says the system is stable.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 19, 2016
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Police chief Eddie Johnson calls for firing of seven cops over Laquan McDonald shooting, and other Chicago news
Also, the Chicago Teachers Union is preparing for a strike at a workshop Saturday.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 10, 2016
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Ex-governor Blagojevich loses resentencing appeal, and other Chicago news
Also, Monday was the deadliest day in Chicago since July 2003.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 16, 2016
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What Chicago could learn from Paris's massive labor protests
What if Illinois workers responded to austerity measures the way French workers did this week?
