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  • Chicago Teachers Union Rally: ‘F-ck the Police’

    Chicago Teachers Union Rally: ‘F-ck the Police’0

    On April 1st, the Chicago Teachers Union held a strike that shut down the district. The strike is ostensibly over changes in pension contributions, pay for experience, and other money related matters. According to ThinkProgress.org, “On Friday, the Chicago Teachers Union staged a strike. Union members picketed schools, held rallies at City Hall, the Cook

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  • Chicago Public Schools has a $1 billion deficit!?!

    Chicago Public Schools has a $1 billion deficit!?!0

    Once again, the Chicago Public Schools made national news with another strike by teachers and administrators, who shut the district down for the day. The Chicago Teachers Union called it a “Day of Action: Fight for Funding Rally & Protest March” and described the efforts as follows: In this unprecedented strike for political demands and

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  • Chicago Native Explains Why He’s ‘Leaving and Never Coming Back’

    Chicago Native Explains Why He’s ‘Leaving and Never Coming Back’0

    Brandon Vezmar grew up in Chicago. As a teen from Hammond, he’d escape to the city “every chance I could get,” he said. He later attended college there. But the last eight months have spoiled the city for Vezmar, he writes in an op-ed in the Chicago Tribune. The caustic combination of corrupt politicians with

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  • Chicago Low-Income Housing Voucher: $4,000/mo.

    Chicago Low-Income Housing Voucher: $4,000/mo.0

    Whatever one’s opinion on government helping low-income or no-income individuals have roofs over their heads, it’s probably safe to say that most people would be outraged by a government program that gives some people nearly $4,000/mo. for housing while others get less than $1,000/mo. Too extreme to believe? Here’s what Chicago’s Sun Times is reporting:

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  • Chicago Demands $130,000 From Smollett, Threatens New Charge If He Doesn’t Pay Up

    Chicago Demands $130,000 From Smollett, Threatens New Charge If He Doesn’t Pay Up0

    The city of Chicago threatened Jussie Smollett on Thursday with a new charge if he doesn’t pay $130,000 to cover overtime costs incurred by police during their investigation into a hate crime the actor allegedly staged against himself in January. In a letter sent to Smollett’s attorneys, the Chicago Corporation Counsel requested that Smollett pay

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  • Chicago Cops’ New Motto? ‘Stay Fetal’

    Chicago Cops’ New Motto? ‘Stay Fetal’0

    Cop blogs can give you a fascinating insight into what’s going on behind the badge. If you want to get a glimpse of the realities and politics of police work in Chicago, check out Second City Cop, which gets about half a million pageviews each month. Some of it is rather humorous, like this request

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