Mike Klonsky's Blog

Don Rose The past two Fridays, the K Bros. were like Trump at a French military cemetery -- No Shows. This time off has been great fo...

From Boston Review Trump on the telephone with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan “You know what? It’s yours,” Trump said of Syria...

From my perspective, academic freedom means that we have the right to engage in public discourse, the right to engage certainly in academ...

Robert Kraig, Wisc. Citizens Action “We have a political party in the United States that has decided it’s completely OK to hold on to ...

Austan Goolsbee Before he leaves us, our lame duck Mayor Rahm Emanuel is taking a few parting shots at the unions and progressives who ...

Cyntoia Brown 51 YEARS...  Cyntoia Brown was only 16 when she was sentenced to life in prison, and the Tennessee Supreme Court ruled ...

A meeting held Sunday at a packed auditorium at CTU headquarters had the vibe of a victory rally. Several dozen union members sang and p...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel  is so discredited on his education and policing policies that he's been forced out of a re-election bid. B...

Susan Klonsky introduces Timuel Black at Sunday's event.  First Unitarian Church of Chicago honors Timuel Black But we are n...

In Chicago, it's often a hare's breath for machine politicians between re-election and prison. During an appearance on "...

"It all happened so fast. The ghetto. The deportation. The sealed cattle car. The fiery altar upon which the history of our people an...

"I voted numerous times when I was a senator to spend money to build a barrier to try to prevent illegal immigrants from coming in...

Mayoral candidate Bill Daley wants drones everywhere   “I’d have as many cameras as we could buy so the people could feel safer where...

On yesterday's Hitting Left show , community activists Christian Diaz and Cory Stevenson both agreed. Southside disinvestment and n...

  "I’m about to lose everything that I own and become homeless," Roundtree said. "I don’t want to be that veteran on t...

Gov. Doug Ducey and his Koch brothers network of "dark money" bazillionaires have set their sights on saving Arizona’s expande...

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

Who in the Pritzker campaign thought this was a good look?  (M.Klonsky pic) “And most importantly, the character of our nation is on ...

Trump holds MAGA rally to boost Bost. Trump didn't disappoint his favored right-wing candidate  Mike Bost , R-Murphysboro, who is c...