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Perspectives: The Powers That Be

On schools, Chicago’s next mayor should really listen to the community

By Curtis Black | September 27, 2018

The failures of Rahm Emanuel’s education policies show the need for an elected school board and more accountability.

Perspectives: The Powers That Be

From police to schools to transit, a crisis of accountability in Chicago

By Curtis Black | June 21, 2018

As Rahm Emanuel courts flashy projects amid a slew of scandals, it seems the mayor is more accountable to big-money donors than to neighborhood constituents.

Perspectives: The Powers That Be

A progressive income tax is Illinois’ best shot at solving budget crisis

By Curtis Black | May 10, 2018

Ending the state’s flat income tax rate would reduce taxes for most while raising $2 billion in additional revenue a year, a new report says.

Empty Schools, Empty Promises

When Chicago closed her kids’ school, she decided to fight back

By Kalyn Belsha and Bill Healy | February 24, 2018

As Chicago Public Schools prepares to shut down more schools, it faces continued resistance from people like Irene Robinson, whose community was fractured by 2013’s mass closures.

Empty Schools, Empty Promises

Thousands of black students leave Chicago for other segregated districts

By Kalyn Belsha | December 19, 2017

Many families fleeing the poorest pockets of the city are ending up in cash-strapped school systems in the suburbs and northwest Indiana.

Perspectives: The Powers That Be
Janice Jackson

Can Janice Jackson be the anti-Forrest Claypool at Chicago Public Schools?

By Curtis Black | December 14, 2017

The former educator could bring a different perspective to pressing issues of privatization, special education funding and school closings.

Perspectives: The Powers That Be

The racist roots of the right-wing agenda gripping Illinois

By Curtis Black | October 5, 2017

Historian Nancy MacLean details how curtailing public education and unions are part of a long-running libertarian movement funded by the Koch network.

Perspectives: The Powers That Be

‘Neovouchers’ introduced to school funding standoff in Illinois

By Curtis Black | August 17, 2017

Republicans hijack negotiations over SB1 with a right-wing agenda straight out of Gov. Bruce Rauner’s playbook.

Perspectives: The Powers That Be

Summer scandals show little has changed in Emanuel’s Chicago

By Curtis Black | July 27, 2017

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

South Side school closings and conversions raise questions of equity

By Gina Caneva | July 25, 2017

The massive reshuffling of black students in Englewood and South Loop wouldn’t fly in a wealthier school district.

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