Mike Klonsky's Blog

“We’re furious,” said Spanish teacher Jenny Santilli.  “All hell is breaking loose.” Updated Thursday, March 1 -- As of Wednesday aftern...

I'm back from Parkland where I got a chance to talk with some Marjory Stoneman Douglas students, parents and educators in the afterma...

Mourning through militancy Columnist Steven Thrasher But when death has come through great injustice, mourning through a militancy aim...

A year ago, after taking $30M from NRA, Trump signed order loosening Obama-era gun sale restrictions. Broward County, FL -- School's...

Emma Gonzalez, a senior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School “If the president wants to come up to me and tell me to my face that it...

I've been closely following the wave of school shootings like the one in Parkland, Florida since my days as a member of Pres. Clinton...

It was 2015, but seems like only yesterday when we were out in the streets demanding the firing of Mayor Rahm Emanuel , Chicago Police Su...

Rep. Jan Schakowsky introduces Marie Newman at last night's fundraiser I'll be honest. I don't like going to political camp...

Dana Milbank on the death of a border patrol agent Falsehood flies, and truth comes limping after it. -- Washington Post   Porter’...

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

Happy birthday, Rosa Parks Actor and activist Cynthia Nixon  “We have to be more than the anti-Trump party,” she said at the annual H...

Truth be told, I didn't watch Trump's shit show last night. Watched the Pistons demolish the Cavs instead. Much more satisfying. ...

Samantha Eyler-Driscoll Senior Editor at the Stigler Center and its publication ProMarket, and one of six members of the ProMark...

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, ...

It's time to reconsider the word, "underutilized" as CPS code language for schools in black communities, in the same way ...

Women's March, New York Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor The women’s marches were the beginning, not the end. What happens next will be...

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

"I am not a racist."  ( Painting by Haitian-American artist, Watson Mere ) “We are caught in an inescapable network of mutual...

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