Mike Klonsky's Blog

Right-wing armed militiamen takes to the streets in Portland.  White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany refused to denounce armed v...

Demonstrators pray while protesting the police shooting where an unarmed black man was shot several times in the back in Kenosha, Wisconsi...

The topic of education was, unfortunately, MIA from the main convention speeches. It barely came up in either the Kamala Harris or Joe B...

"Ella Baker, a giant of the civil rights movement, left us with this wisdom: Give people light and they will find a way." -- ...

Looting...  An inevitable, spontaneous reaction to the widening wealth and racial inequality gap which has been expanding at a record pace...

All school districts across the state of New York are cleared to open, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in a news conference by phone Friday morning...

U.S. training combat forces in Africa It's called AFRICOM . You didn't hear or read much about its secret war in Africa until t...

After floating a plan for a mix of in-person and remote learning, the mayor and CPS made the right decision by starting the Chicago schoo...

Oklahoma City Thunder players kneel during anthem despite a threat from GOP state lawmaker   Nikole Hannah-Jones on Bill Clinton...

I went and got tested at one of the many free, drive-through, city-run, partnership testing centers. How great to be in a city where tests a...

Congressman Chuy Garcia “Your tactics and your troops are not welcome in Chicago. Don’t even think about trying what you did in Port...

Critics said the president is testing out heavy-handed enforcement in Portland, a largely white city known as one of the most progressive ...

Trump's federal cops descend on Portland. Chicago is next.  Nearly two dozen lawmakers blasted Fraternal Order of Police President ...

TOTAL U.S. CASES 3,630,587 74,710 New Cases* TOTAL DEATHS 138,782 918 New Deaths* To be sure, there are decent people, mainly at the l...

Gov. Rick DeSantis orders Florida schools to open despite his state shattering the U.S. record for increased COVID cases. If Florida were ...

Two weeks ago, the battle was raging over cops in the schools. Who should decide whether Chicago schools get to keep or lose their SRO --...

In Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and many other countries, SCHOOLS ARE OPEN WITH NO PROBLEMS. The Dems think it would be bad for them ...

Can schools reopen in the fall? And by  open , I mean with children, educators, and staff safely occupying school buildings which are now...

Frederick Douglass on the Lincoln statue  “The negro here, though rising, is still on his knees and nude. What I want to see before I...