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Trump to the media: Stop scrutinizing me! https://t.co/MwJ4KjDedD pic.twitter.com/LCBxoegp9F — Mother Jones (@MotherJones) May 31, 2016 ...

Dept. Supt. John Escalante   after 54 holiday weekend shootings:  "It's a big city and it's a safe city. It's about 1,500...

A SmallTalk Salute goes out to the social-justice activists within the York teachers union who have been fighting for years to democratiz...

Correction: Thanks to John Merrow and several other readers for catching this error in the story below. As John points out: The Emerson C...

At Least 20 Shots Fired On Woodlawn Block As School Lets Out  -- Yesterday's DNAinfo headline.  So far this year, as of Tuesday, at...

Troy LaRaviere "I don't think Rahm can be elected dog catcher, and I think he knows it... Right now, I want to be president o...

“You can’t avoid democracy forever, nor should you.” --  Neerav Kingsland , who worked for New Schools for New Orleans In a move designe...

Rahm's ax-man, Forrest Claypool.  The mayor's announced 40% budget cut could be the final nail in CPS's coffin. And make n...

Got this in my mail today from the right-wing think-tankers at the Hoover Institute: "PARCC and Massachusetts state exams predict col...

Banned. When a pair of Chicago Police officers try to make the case that they were ostracized for reporting wrongdoing by fellow cops, ...

Pres. Barack Obama on Trump “In politics and in life, ignorance is not a virtue,” Obama said. “It’s not cool to not know that you’re t...

Township H.S. Dist. 214 Supt. David Schuler: "Our kids are more than a standardized test score." Memo to Mayor Rahm Emanuel...

Dumb & Dumber In a case that could have national repercussions, New York Supreme Court Judge Roger McDonough has ruled New York te...

Just got a robocall from CTU organizer  Brandon Johnson  reminding me to call my state senator ( Iris Martinez ) and push for passage of HB...

Mayday Protests, 1971 “If the government will not stop the war, we will stop the government.” -- Bill Moyers CPS spokesperson Emily ...

"What the best and wisest parent wants for his own child, that must the community want for all its children." -- John Dewey , ...

Although I'm squarely against Rahm's lakefront land giveaway to his billionaire campaign donor pal George Lucas , I am open to a ...

Looks like Friends of the Park has iced Rahm's land give-away deal with billionaire George Lucas. Note to Rahm:  Yes, it's proba...

Board Pres. Frank Clark (the man from ComEd), also chaired Rahm's School Closing Commission.  “Often there are public meetings by...

Coach tells Trump: Let's drop the big one.  Bobby Knight compares Trump to Truman “Harry Truman with what he did — in dropping ...