Mike Klonsky's Blog

The real question now is whether or not CPS can withstand the latest three-pronged assault it faces from Operation TRAUMPMA That's th...

Muhammad Ali vs. Ernie Terrell in 1967. "What's my name...?" Dave Zirin   Government agents had the temerity to ask Muh...

Here's a follow-up on yesterday's post about Betsy DeVos' love affair with Florida's "choice" system, a syste...

Betsy DeVos husband Dick, who own the Orlando Magic, spent millions buying pro-"choice" politicians. Florida's charter sc...

Toni Morrison Toni Morrison This is precisely the time when artists go to work. There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity...

Our in-studio guest, Bill Ayers.  The Klonsky brothers are back on the air this morning at 11 (CST), live and streaming on Lumpen Radio ...

DeVos protest in D.C. “Nothing about a firm commitment to free expression obliges us open our doors to (much less to provide platf...

A demonstrator wears handcuffs Saturday, as thousands rally in Washington Square Park to protest the immigration raids and New York City...

Ald. Munoz Tune in this morning at 11 (CST) for week 2 of Klonsky Brothers, HITTING LEFT on Lumpen Radio at 105.5 FM and streaming live ...

Community activists like Delia Borillas, worked hard to rally neighbors against plans to turn Ames into a military academy. Back in 2014...

After Dr. King was assassinated in Memphis, nearly a half-century ago, there was an attempt by the dominant culture to turn him into a ha...

"Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be im...

Kellyanne Conway  "I misspoke one word."  --  Chicago Tribune Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly Respectfully but f...

Week 1 crew.  Well, we pulled it off on Week 1. We were, as they say, a little rough around the edges. Messed up a few transitions, forg...

This morning at 11, my brother Fred and I kick off our new radio show, Hitting Left on WLPN, 105.5 FM. In Chicago or not, we'll be ...

With the next mayor's race on the horizon and early stirrings around possible candidates to take on Rahm Emanuel, the issue of Chicago...

Alaskans gathered outside U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s Anchorage office urging her to oppose the nomination of Betsy DeVos as education secr...

O'hare Airport Saturday night.  Donald Trump    [Muslim ban] " is working out very nicely, and we’re going to have a ver...

Credit: Creative Commons/AFGE "Ed reformers are just waiting for their turn to talk. They only want to talk about themselves. Anyt...

Why does Trump hate the cities? It's because that's his enemy's stronghold. Just listen to him, still pissing and moaning abo...