Mike Klonsky's Blog

Bush declares victory in Iraq in 2003. It was 16 years ago that President George W. Bush stood on the deck of the USS Abraham Li...

"Some may accuse me of being Pollyanna-ish — there’s a first time for everything." -- Rahm Emanuel Rahm Emanuel is trying onc...

I'm down here in Trumpland (so the polls tell me), visiting family and getting a respite from the Chicago winter for a few days. I s...

Machine boss Mike Madigan & whistle-blower Alaina Hampton Chicago unions have no choice but to work with House Speaker Michael M...

Erika, Jen, & Joanna from The Girl Talk Show I can't believe I'm missing tomorrow's show featuring two of my favorite pe...

Arne Duncan with K12 Inc. founder William Bennett I'm having a difficult time making sense out of CTU policy statements lately. Yest...

“History is a set of lies agreed upon.” -- Napoleon Bonaparte Three U.S. presidents, Bush, Obama, and Trump, have bought and sold t...

Linda Ronstadt at the Kennedy Center Honors Linda Ronstadt “I’d like to say to Mr. Pompeo, who wonders when he’ll be loved, it’s when ...

On yesterday's Hitting Left show , Fred and I interviewed CTU President Jesse Sharkey about the 2019 teachers' strike and found ...

Democratic presidential hopeful Julian Castro joins Black Lives Matter co-founder Melina Abdullah and others in calling for two LAPD offic...

“I have to confess that I was slow to realize ― I worked for years under the illusion that our schools in my city were integrated because...

Sen. Elizabeth Warren at Chicago's Broadway Armory Sen. Elizabeth Warren   "Only in Chicago is the big Saturday night entert...

“This vote is easy for me,” Ald. Susan Sadlowski Garza, 10th, said, because it closed the gap without layoffs, increased the minimum wage...

"Hurricane Katrina gave a great American city a rebirth." -- Kristen McQueary, Chicago Tribune On August 29, 2005, Hurricane...

Yes, I'm keeping track... Biden last night : I think we should decriminalize marijuana, period. And I think everyone -- anyone who h...

Republicans aren't disputing the facts. They're telling Democrats where to shove them. I know it's early in the game, but s...

COUNTING VOTES -- 81% of the teachers who voted backed the contract. CTU Prez Jesse Sharkey ...called the contract, "a powerful a...

Why were faces blurred in this Facebook photo used in the Sun-Times story? A routine news story became a viral controversy Sunday night...

Bolivians take to the streets in support of overthrown President Evo Morales after the U.S.-backed military coup. The placard reads: ‘Evo ...