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CTU launches strike at two charter schools, demanding increased special education staff and...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo Finance· 4 months agoChicago Teachers Union members are on strike at two CPS charter schools operated by Instituto del...
In Chicago runoff election for mayor, Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson differ on crime
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCHICAGO – Two candidates with different approaches to public safety are battling to be the new mayor...
Brandon Johnson elected mayor of Chicago in close victory for progressives
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCHICAGO – Voters chose a progressive former teacher over a tough-on-crime former public schools...
Republicans who say 'Chicago' when asked about gun violence ignore their own local tragedies
USA TODAY Opinion via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBut what about Chicago? It’s become the rallying cry whenever Black Americans lament the...
This teachers union brought affirmative action into its layoff practices. Will more follow?
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWhen thousands of Minneapolis teachers walked off the job in March, the nation was riveted. As the...
CPS teacher gave officials the wrong name of boyfriend after video showed him striking a student,...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo Finance· 6 months agoCHICAGO — As Chicago police Officer Craig Lancaster awaits trial on a felony aggravated battery...
Will a tough-on-crime message resonate in lightning-rod Chicago?
The Week via Yahoo News· 1 year agoChicago police Scott Olson/Getty Images On Feb. 28, the city of Chicago will hold the first round of...
Race dominates final days of the mayoral election in deeply segregated Chicago
NBC News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCHICAGO — They wore black T-shirts bearing his image, carried “Women for Brandon Johnson” signs and...
Chicago Teachers Union gets their man into City Hall: 'We are not the establishment'
Politico via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe powerful Chicago Teachers Union just installed their own mayor in City Hall. The labor group’s president thinks Democrats should take notes. Better known as the CTU, the union elevated county ...
Chicago’s mayor candidates both have deep CPS ties — but starkly different visions for the future of...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBrandon Johnson wants voters to know about his time on the front lines of Chicago Public Schools. The mayoral candidate and longtime Chicago Teachers Union organizer often revisits his role ...