Student protesters linked arms in a standoff with U of C police dressed in riot gear around 5 a.m. outside the encampment, which was installed over a week ago. Cook County Sheriff's officers were also seen at the encampment.
If you’ve been in Illinois long enough to go through a school district tax hike referendum, you’ll understand what’s going on right now as state lawmakers prepare to vote on the 2025 state budget.
Ted joined Shaun Thompson to talk about about the Chicago Teachers Union’s absurd new contract demands, why so many Chicago teachers are chronically absent, and Brandon Johnson’s failed first year as mayor.
What a representation of Chicago’s plight.
The bill passed despite their votes in response to certain incidents where local prosecutors are thought to have been too lenient with non-citizens assaulting cops.
The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board cited Wirepoints’ analysis of Chicago student proficiency data in their latest piece condemning the Chicago Teachers Union’s outrageous contract demands…all while a vast majority of Chicago’s children graduate unable to read at grade level.
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Never should have happened
Why not? It’s ok to tear up parks and streets over Trump, Burn Loot & Murder in our cities over the overdose death of a career criminal, but for some reason protesting a genocidal war machine is now wrong? Wake up, NOBODY in the middle east is your friend or ally nor are their operatives in DC. I hope you come around before they feed your children to the war pigs, because that’s their plan.
Whar are you talking about?? These riots should never have happened! We need proper leadership
Proper leadership would have been to not allow the Ukraine war or Israel war to start in the first place. Proper leadership would be not sending hundreds of billions of dollars to blood thirsty regimes hell bent on territorial expansion. But here we are. Not enabling the war machine and squandering our self respect, treasure and children’s’ futures, taking care of the USA first and foremost, is the proper thing to do. The path we are on leads to destruction for everyone involved. I’m actually glad the kids are fighting back, it’s them that will be sent to the slaughterhouse… Read more »