Mike Klonsky's Blog

Crain's begs Amazon: "Come to Chicago. We have plenty of low-paid workers here." Last year we defeated the Rahm/Rahner pl...

Acero teachers in Chicago won the first charter school strike in U.S. history last year. (Labor Notes pic) Congratulations to all of u...

The new board.  Mayor Lightfoot has chosen some excellent people to fill the seats on the new Board of Education. It's a board that...

There's hope that CEO Jackson, once liberated from Rahm's self-serving, autocratic rule, will become a real change leader.  Even...

Tony Evers and Mandela Barnes Many Illinois and Wisconsin educators are breathing sighs of relief this morning. Democrats  swept the f...

Stevie Wonder closes out Aretha's funeral.  Rev. William Barber Aretha's singing challenged the dangling discords of hate and ...

"Chicago's low pay scales and big labor pool rank it tops for Amazon's HQ2", says Crain's. Crain's let the cat...

Protests rocked Chicago following the Laquan McDonald shooting and the cover-up that followed.  Responding to liberal critics of incivil...

CPS student, Tamara Reed “I dreaded going to school. I cried every night."  --  Chicago Tribune Lori Lightfoot  “This tragedy...

Biss on Hitting Left It's election day in Illinois and in the governor's race, the choices are woeful. Like many on the left, I...

"I was not my best self", claims Pritzker.  The IL governor's race may be the most expensive in history. But while the two...

Rev. Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker in Harlem I didn't know the Rev. Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker personally, but I knew of him and admired his work, ...

  "Just so you understand, I don't know anything about David Duke, OK?" he said. "I don't know anything about wh...

I thoroughly enjoyed today's show for two reasons. The first was watching my brother Fred's first day at the controls as produc...

Gassing the water protectors “JB personally and through his businesses and trusts has both active and passive investments in many diffe...

Rauner gives Vallas fat contract to fix Chicago State. “High-performing individuals with decades of specialized experience and knowledg...

Tom Balanoff SEIU Local 1 President Tom Balanoff  “Your recent singling-out of  [Hannah] Jubeh highlights a sexist mindset toward wome...

A week ago I posted about Amazon not being the kind of company Chicago needs. But Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Gov. Bruce Rauner continue t...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Gov. Bruce Rauner are BFFs again. What brings the pair of Republicrat drinking buddies back together after some h...