John Bachtell
LATEST ARTICLES BY John Bachtell
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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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Opposition mounts to Trump attempt to open schools without safety measures
July 15, 2020The Trump administration's drive to force the nation's schools to reopen this fall has run into a buzz saw of opposition from school districts, teachers, parents, and public health associations.
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Separation of Trump and state: Blocking Republicans’ evangelical election strategy
July 8, 2020For Christian nationalists, kings like Trump don’t have to follow the rules: They are the law. But progressive Christians are challenging fundamentalists' hold on the faith.
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As COVID-19 rages, America’s meatpacking workers battle for their lives
June 26, 2020Their sons and daughters, the Children of Smithfield, organize to save their parents, their children, and themselves.
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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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Nation mourns George Floyd as uprising against racism continues
June 5, 2020Minneapolis Police Department under fire for terrorizing a great city by operating a “protection racket."
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Trump steps up deadly drive to reopen at all costs
May 27, 2020The fight for truth, science, and the leading role of public health officials, is a front-line fight against the pandemic.
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Biden’s ‘crisis presidency’ and potential for transformative change
May 20, 2020Could he be a transformative president like Lincoln or FDR? That depends on the mass democratic movements and a mobilization like never before.
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