Perspectives: The Powers That Be
After Janus decision, what’s next for Illinois’ public sector unions?
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Unions are facing a new political landscape, but state workers have every reason to stick with them, union leaders say.
Empty Schools, Empty Promises
Lawsuit seeks to stop school closing, alleging racial discrimination
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National Teachers Academy parents argue that Chicago’s plan is discriminatory towards the top-ranked South Loop school’s mostly low-income and African-American students.
Empty Schools, Empty Promises
Private schools, poised to grow in Illinois, move into closed Chicago public schools
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The recent sales of four vacant schools to private school operators could stir more competition for the public school system as school choice initiatives gain support in the state and nation.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
Can Janice Jackson be the anti-Forrest Claypool at Chicago Public Schools?
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The former educator could bring a different perspective to pressing issues of privatization, special education funding and school closings.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
Amazon headquarters could make Chicago’s housing crisis worse
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The city is overdue for rent stabilization measures that would help stem gentrification and displacement.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
The racist roots of the right-wing agenda gripping Illinois
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Historian Nancy MacLean details how curtailing public education and unions are part of a long-running libertarian movement funded by the Koch network.
Perspectives
Widening the tent for a multiracial labor movement
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Unions, which embraced black workers, must better address immigrant rights and the struggle against police violence.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
Summer scandals show little has changed in Emanuel’s Chicago
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Racist emails, patronage, questionable TIF spending, school funding shortfalls, violence and youth joblessness signal how the mayor is failing to move the city forward.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
Emanuel’s mixed messages on Chicago schools shows lack of credibility
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The mayor’s prevarication on school funding and charter expansion reveals his priorities when it comes to the future stability of CPS.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
Progressives push alternatives to raise revenue, solve fiscal crises
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Elected officials need to begin digging Chicago and Illinois out of years of shortsighted fiscal policy, but political gridlock is giving them a pass.