Mike Klonsky's Blog

“They're trying to kill me," Yossarian told him calmly. No one's trying to kill you," Clevinger cried. Then why are they s...

Evangelical Trump supporters at Miami rally, "He was sent to us." Donald Trump "God is on our side." -- N.Y. Ti...

Bush declares victory in Iraq in 2003. It was 16 years ago that President George W. Bush stood on the deck of the USS Abraham Li...

Rolling Stone Magazine is pissing in the wind with their endorsement of Hillary Clinton . I doubt if many millennials among their reader...

Albert Woodfox , released from Angola prison after 43 years in solitary confinement.  Albert Woodfox  “I can now direct all my efforts...

As the nation prepares to commemorate Veterans Day, President Obama has authorized the deployment of an additional 1,500 troops to Iraq. ...

The auction of a baby, from a slave narrative published in 1849. Historian Eric Foner  It is hardly a secret that slavery is deeply e...

Ken Griffin Kent Redfield “It’s certainly an indication of the increasingly large role that wealthy individuals are playing in Amer...

Bob Moses I'm taking part in a great event, "Youth Organizing For Social Justice -- Then and Now", at DePaul Student Cente...

Daisy Rittgers, 105 year-old retired teacher depends on her 3% pension COLA to survive. (E. Jason Wambsgans)   Daisy Rittgers "W...

Rita Solnet Rita Solnet, Parents Across America “It’s kind of like a tsunami at this point — a movement underway. Primarily, we’re s...

Brecht When the leaders speak of peace The common folk know That war is coming. When the leaders curse war The mobilization order is ...

'In the ensuing decades, a large, permanent military establishment emerged as a result of the Cold War — an establishment that forged d...

I hope Chicagoans are taking note of this bombshell decision by N.Y. State Supreme Court Justice Joan Lobis . Lobis ruled Bloomberg/Klein...

Blackwater's Erik Prince says he's stepping down as mercenary-in-chief. Too much heat and light for a war criminal who likes the d...

Ever heard of RevolutionLearning ? Probably not. Doesn't it sound like some radical '60s N.Y. agit/prop group? Don't worry, it...

The Teach for America Cult As she [ Wendy Kopp ] continues to talk I realise that TFA is—in the best possible sense—a cult. It has its own l...

Some good news for gloomy progressives Killing D.C. vouchers Chancellor Michelle Rhee got a kick in the teeth Friday , when congressi...

Competition? Upon hearing that N.Y. Mayor Bloomberg will bail out his failed Brooklyn Catholic schools by allowing them to become pub...