Mike Klonsky's Blog

Cook County Jail is now the national epicenter for COVID-19. Prof. Marc Lamont Hill  Easter calls us to remember the plight of the pri...

I wonder why there's no mention of the Koch Bros . in S-T's coverage of Gov. Walker's crooked campaign fundraising tactics. W...

Occupied Chicago Tribune Dyett High School students are not allowed to enter the front door of their school. Instead, the more than...

Lost in all the talk about Walker's win over Barrett was the apparent senate race victory by John Lehman (D-Racine) over incumbent Van W...

Precincts Reported: 99% As of 3:16 a.m. ET % Votes WALKER ( R ) 53.2 1,331,076 2. BARRETT ( D ) 46.3 1,158,...

After Romney laid out the Republican platform on eduction , including union busting, vouchers and larger class size, the Democrats, includ...

Marquette Prof. John McAdams If Walker survives, "even Democratic governors facing fiscal problems will be a little bit emboldened ...

This is the most cowardly and treacherous attack yet on public school teachers , make that, on all public employees. That image above is o...

Protesters disguised as Republicans lay in wait for Walker  inside Union League Club Wisconsin's union-busting governor tried to slip...

Conservatives hail cuts as "an opportunity" Huffington's Joy Resmovitz reports that a UFT survey of 900 New York City schools...

Yes, the president did mention Wisconsin (ever so slightly) in his Labor Day speech in Detroit. But much of the speech could have come dire...

It "not a campaign tour" but Obama's in Illinois today, holding some town hall meetings downstate. But he won't be in Chic...

Volunteers needed in Wisconsin recall elections Wisconsin Democrats are now within striking distance of taking back control of the state ...

Mugging in Milwaukee Supt. Thornton just fired 519 city teachers. Now he is threatening massive lay-offs unless the 5,600 members of the M...

"Not to quote Ronald Reagan, but I will: 'The facts are a stubborn thing,' " Emanuel said. If there was any doubt that t...

Now that I've turned another year older, I'm trying to act my age, a little more mature if you will. So I've dropped my Friday m...

Our new mayor's  inauguration speech yesterday takes demagogy to new heights. "I reject how leaders in Wisconsin and Ohio are exp...

Marcus Yam for The New York Times A sign at 168th St. and Broadway in Manhattan announcing enrollment for KIPP Star Elementary, a charter...

La Cucaracha "In Madison a new governor, Scott Walker, is applying the Rahm Emanuel axiom that a crisis is a terrible thing to waste...

Unions a Civil rights issue "Dr. King lost his life struggling to help sanitation workers – public sector employees – achieve their g...