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Harold Meyerson: If Biden Wants to Be Like FDR, He Should Dump Summers and Rahm

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7June 12, 2020November 26, 2020

June 12, 2020November 26, 2020014

Now that Joe Biden is assured the Democratic nomination, lots of advisors will clamor to get his ear. As Harold Meyerson of The American Prospect...

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A Conversation with Jitu Brown, Leader of Journey for Justice Alliance, About Racism and Action

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7June 5, 2020November 26, 2020

June 5, 2020November 26, 2020021

The Network for Public Education has sponsored a series of weekly ZOOM conversations in which I interview someone who has important things to say. On...

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Join Jitu Brown and Me on ZOOM on June 3

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7June 1, 2020November 26, 2020

June 1, 2020November 26, 2020025

Community organizer Jitu Brown and I will be in conversation on Wednesday June 3 at 7:30 pm EST. Please sign up and join us. Jitu...

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Robert Kuttner: Say It Ain’t So, Joe

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7May 29, 2020November 26, 2020

May 29, 2020November 26, 2020018

Robert Kuttner is editor of The American Prospect. Here he writes that Biden has asked Rahm Emanuel to advise him. What Kuttner fails to mention...

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Chicago: The Teachers’ Strike Brings a Sea-Change in Education Policy

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7November 6, 2019November 26, 2020

November 6, 2019November 26, 2020016

Craig’s Chicago Business acknowledges that the children in Chicago public schools need what the Chicago Teachers Union won in their contract negotiations. But still, they...

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Meet Jitu Brown, a Hero of the Resistances

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7October 28, 2019November 26, 2020

October 28, 2019November 26, 2020017

Jitu Brown is a son of Chicago. He is National director of the Journey for Justice Alliance, which has affiliates in 30 cities, where...

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Mike Klonsky: On the Chicago Teachers’ Strike

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7October 18, 2019November 26, 2020

October 18, 2019November 26, 2020017

Mike Klonsky just posted this as he was leaving to bring coffee and donuts to striking teachers, including his daughter. I hope this strike...

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Jan Resseger: The Racist, Disruptive Legacy of Arne and Rahm in Chicago

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7October 6, 2019November 26, 2020

October 6, 2019November 26, 2020020

Jan Resseger reviews fifteen years of corporate education reform led by Arne Duncan and Rahm Emanuel and finds failure, disruption, and racism. It started...