Editorial: Those CPS layoffs weren’t due to racism after all – Chicago Tribune*

"(T)he 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals exposed how CTU tied up the Chicago school system in years of costly litigation with no evidence to back up its loud claims of racism...The union had a duty to its members to examine the methods behind the layoffs, propose any better alternatives and otherwise vet the board’s actions. What followed, though, was political opportunism at its worst."