Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer
April 22, 2026
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Many Americans are fed up with the diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that have proliferated on college campuses and in the workplace. These programs fixate on identity over objectivity and excellence. But despite the backlash, DEI advocates haven’t given up. In Illinois, lawmakers want to embed racial considerations into state appropriations for public universities.
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If this bill passes, say goodbye to local control over all Illinois parks and expect to see open drug and alcohol use, needles, no sanitation and fire hazards, but no ordinary park users.
Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer: Chicago Fiscal Crisis Worse Than Pre-Bankruptcy Detroit, HIV Surge and Public Health Threat From Open Borders Goes Unreported
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Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer: Chicago pension buyout plan mostly shifts debt rather than eliminating it, property tax surge doubles inflation over three decades
April 3, 2026
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Chicago’s political leadership is floating a pension buyout program as evidence it is seriously addressing the city’s thirty-six-billion-dollar unfunded pension liability, but Mark Glennon, founder of the Illinois policy research organization Wirepoints, said that the proposal moves debt from one column to another rather than reducing it, and that the broader fiscal picture facing the city continues to deteriorate across every measurable dimension. Audio here.
You can’t fix stupid in a hurry even though it’s not their fault. If someone is ready for college, by all means make it possible for her. Public schools have done no favors for students by promoting those not at grade level. Continuing the charade in colleges will simply degrade the colleges toward the standing of urban K-12s. Perhaps some group besides education prof’s can figure out how to raise ALL boats, but (risking mixing metaphors) don’t throw the babies out with the bilge.
Pity the children who attend CPS – they are no more than pawns of the CTU.
What a despicable way to use children.
Chicago has a problem regarding the academic failure of black students in the public school classrooms. One might very well assume that these individuals will face significant employment hurdles in their future so is this action designed to provide classroom space to try and correct what the public school systems have failed at? Remedial classes are becoming the norm at Illinois campuses’ these days as it is and with declining enrollment perhaps we are now observing the future of Illinois higher learning facilities that will be focused on educating the undereducated Chicago minority students. This will solve the declining enrollment… Read more »