Chicago
Chicago teachers say remote learning only way to keep kids safe
July 24, 2020"We call on the schools and the mayor of this city to have a heart...make sure our students can be educated remotely until it is safe,” declared Stacy Davis Gates, Chicago Teachers Union vice president.
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Illinois Supreme Court rules Chicago police can’t destroy disciplinary records
July 8, 2020Disciplinary records are public property, and the Chicago cops can’t use their contract to cover up their past transgressions, the justices decreed, 6-1.
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Defying unions, parents, and students, Chicago board keeps cops in schools
June 25, 2020The 4-3 vote to keep cops in the schools followed a major push to transfer some of the millions of dollars going to police into services really needed by public school students.
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Support grows in Chicago for a new approach to police accountability
June 17, 2020In the epicenter of police torture the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression calls for creation of CPAC.
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No thanks to your thanks, just give us safety at work
April 27, 2020Chicago transit worker: “Today I tested positive for COVID-19…..Your thanks will not save my life or the lives of my coworkers.”
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