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Monday, November 1, 2021

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I've moved. Follow me at Substack I'm now posting regularly at Substack. You can subscribe for free to my new Edu/Pol blog at  micha...
Saturday, October 9, 2021

The Pandora Papers

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A.P. reports that hundreds of world leaders, powerful politicians, billionaires, celebrities, religious leaders, and drug dealers have been ...
Friday, October 8, 2021

Pushing Back Against Cold War

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The U.S. Navy nuclear submarine USS Connecticut reportedly crashed in the South China Sea, Saturday. Recently, some critical voices have eme...
Tuesday, October 5, 2021

GTFO KEN GRIFFIN: Indiana wants you.

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Billionaire grifter Ken Griffin keeps threatening to leave Chicago. He hates this place. Too many poor folks. Too much public space —you kno...
Monday, September 27, 2021

WEEKEND QUOTABLES

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“We will not tolerate that. That is inhumane. That is not American,” Patrick Brutus, president of Haitian American Professional Network, tol...
Wednesday, September 22, 2021

Biden's U.N. speech: A bunch of malarkey

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Even while he was preparing to unleash AUKUS, the new white, Anglo-speaking front to contain and confront China with nuclear warships, Pres...
Monday, September 20, 2021

WEEKEND QUOTABLES

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Hundreds of Haitian migrants are being rounded up and deported from the US. The large-scale expulsion involves several daily flights and a s...
Wednesday, September 15, 2021

Biden's strategic shift towards China brings us ever closer to war

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V.P. Kamala Harris was sent to South China Sea last month to try and push Singapore and Vietnam into an anti-China front. But her offer was ...
Monday, September 13, 2021

WEEKEND QUOTABLES

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Columnist Laura Washington "My message to Chicago Ald. Jim Gardiner: You are mired in a bottomless pit of misogyny." -- Sun-Times...
Friday, September 10, 2021

There's No Such Thing as a 'Low-Skilled Worker'

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I hate the term, "low-skilled" to describe the millions of workers who have built and maintained this country and who are largely ...
Monday, September 6, 2021

WEEKEND QUOTABLES

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68% of Americans approve of labor unions—despite a relentless and withering assault on worker organizing by those who benefit from the atomi...
Friday, September 3, 2021

Pandemic schooling spaces

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Mike Klonsky pic. Driving down Lake Street on the city's west side Monday, I stopped to take a look at the former Dett Elementary School...
Monday, August 30, 2021

QUOTABLES: Biden's Bible

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Abdul Matin Azizi, a neighbor who saw the attack. Azizi, 20, said the explosion occurred as the family returned home Sunday afternoon around...
Friday, August 27, 2021

SEIU Healthcare IL supports vax requirement for healthcare and ed workers

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 27, 2021 Contact: Catherine Murrell, 312-523-3882  The following was released by SEIU Healthcare Illinois Presi...
Thursday, August 26, 2021

What does F.O.P. stand for?

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“We’re in America, goddamn it." -- FOP Lodge #7 Prez John Catanzara Chicago's Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) has no business calli...
Tuesday, August 24, 2021

How far we've come

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Remembering Trump's lost armada. It was just three years ago that Trump was threatening "fire and fury" against North Korea an...
Monday, August 23, 2021

Why WHO wants us to forego booster shots

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BUDAPEST, Aug 23 (Reuters) - WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday that COVID-19 booster shots should be delayed a...
Thursday, August 19, 2021

The Emerson Poll: Perception vs. Reality

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Crime is once again the hot-button issue here in Chicago and in cities across the country. Yesterday's funeral following the killing of ...
Monday, August 16, 2021

QUOTABLES

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Yes, ‘I Am Legend,’ the 2007 movie about zombie vampires, is now a part of the vaccine conversation.  As of Wednesday, more than 166 million...
Sunday, August 15, 2021

Cold Warriors called it the 'China Virus' but let's look at the numbers

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Trump and the Republicans called it the "China Virus" or "Kung Flu." Pretty racist and disgusting. Biden and the Democra...
Tuesday, August 10, 2021

Yes, to vax and mask mandates. Randi flips for the better.

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Randi Weingarten says it's a 'personal matter.' "In order for everyone to feel safe and welcome in their workplaces, vaccin...
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Educator, writer, school/community activist. All opinions expressed on this blog, unless otherwise specified, are mine and don't necessarily represent those of any other individual or organization. Contact: smallschoolsworkshop@yahoo.com
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