By Jim Hightower | Originally Published at AlterNet. February 19, 2015 |Photographic Credit; Chicago Buildings Skyscrapers Sunset (Generic Image) "Reclaim Chicago" has a bold progressive plan to reclaim the Windy City from the one percent. Chicago! City of broad shoulders. Plutocratic hog butcher. Toolmaker for progressive [...]
It's the same question every day except Saturday, which is Daddy-Asher day, a day when cartoons, games, LEGOs, books, and endless questions replace kindergarten drudgery. Kindergarten, literally a "children's garden" was traditionally a place focused on playing, singing, and otherwise imagineering. Today, not so much. Over [...]
The “Student Success Act” is a sham. I detail why in Part 1 of a series of posts analyzing the impacts and implications of the bill. By Benjamin J. Rosenblatt | Originally Published at Medium. February 18, 2015 | Photographic Credit; The Gummere Library. William Penn [...]
By Sierra Boone | Originally Published at ForHarriet. February 18, 2015 | Photograph; Tiana Parker For as long as I can remember, I’ve been getting braids and twists and everything in between done to my hair. In my toddler years my head was a home for those [...]
A Chicago election ballot can seem like a store receipt. You look at it and think 'haven't all the decision been made.' What do I do with all this information? Nothing will change. Sure, I will check the pages. But does it make a difference? Enthusiasm fades. [...]
By Jonathan Stith | Originally Published at Huffington Post Black Voices. February 11, 2015 12:44 PM EST | Photographic Credit; Getty Images There is a war going on outside -- that no Black youth is safe from. Most recently, we've seen this war played out through the [...]
No matter how the Governor tries to spin the crisis in Flint, Emergency Managers are at the core of this disaster. They are the means to destroy local democracy. Emergency Managers (EMs) are a tool in turning public goods into private wealth. They are the [...]
For years, states have cut education spending and put policies in place that left our schools and students "failing." Recently, contentious reelection races often included criticism of budget cuts and reduced education spending. It would seem that some Conservative Republican Governors have begun to get the message; [...]
By Simon Brown | Originally Published at Americans United in Wall of Separation. February 3, 2015 | Photograph; Representative Annette Polly Williams, “Mother of Parental School Choice” grew disillusioned with voucher program. In 1949, five domestic house cats were introduced to tiny Marion Island, which is off [...]
