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Blogs, Bleader Apr 13, 2017
Two Zion residents charged with conspiring to help ISIS, and other Chicago news

Also, Rahm returned to Washington, D.C., to discuss infrastructure and meet with DeVos.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Barack Obama, Betsy DeVos, cannabis, Chicago, Chicago Police Department, Donald Trump, gun violence, Illinois, Illinois General Assembly, infrastructure, ISIS, Islamic State, marijuana, Northeastern Illinois University, pot, Rahm Emanuel, restaurant openings, Slightly Toasted, Springfield, U.S. Department of Education, Valerie Jarrett, Zion

Blogs, Bleader Feb 16, 2017
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With Puzder out, it’s Oprah to the rescue

Now that Oprah has helped save us from Andrew Puzder's reign as secretary of labor, here's hoping she might find some other tapes that might save us from the rest of the miscreants in Trump's White House.
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: News, Politics, The Trump Era, Donald Trump, Andrew Puzder, Carl's Jr., Hardees, Billy Bush, NBC, Oprah Winfrey, Politico, Michael Flynn, William Sessions, Betsy DeVos, Video

Columns & Opinion, On Politics Feb 14, 2017
How the Trump administration could bankrupt Chicago Public Schools

Plans to pull funding from traditional public education would compound an already dire financial picture in Illinois and Chicago.
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: On Politics, Rahm Emanuel, Bruce Rauner, Donald Trump, Betsy DeVos, Chicago Public Schools, property taxes, pensions, school bankruptcy, New Trier High School, U.S. Department of Education, charter schools, vouchers

Blogs, Bleader Jan 30, 2017
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Rahm stops by O'Hare in solidarity with immigration ban protesters, and other Chicago news

Also, people are offering to be donate a kidney to police chief Eddie Johnson.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Rahm Emanuel, Donald Trump, immigration issues, O'Hare International Airport, DREAM Act, Chicago Police Department, Eddie Johnson, gun violence, gang violence, Blase Cupich, Catholic Church, Rod Blagojevich, Barack Obama, Amy Blagojevich, Northwestern University, Tammy Duckworth, Dick Durbin, Jeff Sessions, Betsy DeVos, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jan 23, 2017
DeVos decision delayed, but here's what we know

In the era of alternative facts, Democrats on the Senate HELP committee are asking for a second hearing before they vote on Trump's pick for secretary of education.
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Education, News, Politics, Betsy DeVos, Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders, Jeff Sessions, Trump cabinet, Secretary of Education, Dick DeVos, Erik Prince, Blackwater, Ed Patru, DCI Group, HELP Committee

Blogs, Bleader Jan 20, 2017
That black cloud hanging over Trump’s inauguration? Not just rain.

President Trump enters office as counterintelligence investigations into his campaign’s ties to the Russians heat up.
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: News, Politics, Donald Trump, Barack Obama, inauguration, Hillary Clinton, New York Times, William Sessions, Betsy Devos, Sheldon Adelson, Steven Bannon, Breitbart News, Seinfeld, Tom Brokaw, Craig Robinson, Reggie Love, Russia, Putin

News & Politics, Politics Jan 18, 2017
Bill Ayers believes opposition to Trump should come from the people—not the Democratic Party

The author and former Weatherman says modern revolutionaries also don't have to look to the 1960s for inspiration.
- By Ryan Smith
- Tags: Politics, Donald Trump, Richard Nixon, Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, Weather Underground, Weatherman, Weathermen, Betsy DeVos, Black Lives Matters, Abraham Lincoln, Occupy Wall Street, Standing Rock, Democratic Party, Fox News

News & Politics, Politics Jan 4, 2017
Betsy Devos’s presumed agenda: Dismantle public education

Local experts warn that Trump’s pick for Secretary of Education will wage war on “government schools.”
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Politics, Betsy DeVos, Donald Trump, Department of Education, secretary of education, Karen Lewis, Chicago Teachers Union, University of Illinois College of Education, Pauline Lipman, American Federation of Teachers, Randi Weingarten, Prince Manufacturing, Dick DeVos, Amway, Orlando Magic, Michigan, United Auto Workers, Republican Party, Erik Prince, Blackwater

Blogs, Bleader Dec 19, 2016
Illinois's prison population dropped 9.1 percent under Rauner, and other Chicago news

Also, it was so cold Sunday that Chicago Bears QB Matt Barkley was wearing a wet suit under his uniform.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, winter weather, Bruce Rauner, criminal justice reform, Illinois Department of Corrections, Rahm Emanuel, Urban Prep, charter schools, Chicago Public Schools, Betsy DeVos, Donald Trump, Independent Police Review Authority, Ronald Johnson III, Chicago Police Department, Chance the Rapper, Barack Obama, Ken Bennett, Saturday Night Live, Kenan Thompson, Chicago Bears, Green Bay Packers, Soldier Field, Matt Barkley

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Two Zion residents charged with conspiring to help ISIS, and other Chicago news

Also, Rahm returned to Washington, D.C., to discuss infrastructure and meet with DeVos.

Video
With Puzder out, it’s Oprah to the rescue

Now that Oprah has helped save us from Andrew Puzder's reign as secretary of labor, here's hoping she might find some other tapes that might save us from the rest of the miscreants in Trump's White House.

How the Trump administration could bankrupt Chicago Public Schools

Plans to pull funding from traditional public education would compound an already dire financial picture in Illinois and Chicago.

Video
Rahm stops by O'Hare in solidarity with immigration ban protesters, and other Chicago news

Also, people are offering to be donate a kidney to police chief Eddie Johnson.

DeVos decision delayed, but here's what we know

In the era of alternative facts, Democrats on the Senate HELP committee are asking for a second hearing before they vote on Trump's pick for secretary of education.

That black cloud hanging over Trump’s inauguration? Not just rain.

President Trump enters office as counterintelligence investigations into his campaign’s ties to the Russians heat up.

Bill Ayers believes opposition to Trump should come from the people—not the Democratic Party

The author and former Weatherman says modern revolutionaries also don't have to look to the 1960s for inspiration.

Betsy Devos’s presumed agenda: Dismantle public education

Local experts warn that Trump’s pick for Secretary of Education will wage war on “government schools.”

Illinois's prison population dropped 9.1 percent under Rauner, and other Chicago news

Also, it was so cold Sunday that Chicago Bears QB Matt Barkley was wearing a wet suit under his uniform.

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Also, Rahm returned to Washington, D.C., to discuss infrastructure and meet with DeVos.

Now that Oprah has helped save us from Andrew Puzder's reign as secretary of labor, here's hoping she might find some other tapes that might save us from the rest of the miscreants in Trump's White House.

Plans to pull funding from traditional public education would compound an already dire financial picture in Illinois and Chicago.

Also, people are offering to be donate a kidney to police chief Eddie Johnson.

In the era of alternative facts, Democrats on the Senate HELP committee are asking for a second hearing before they vote on Trump's pick for secretary of education.

President Trump enters office as counterintelligence investigations into his campaign’s ties to the Russians heat up.

The author and former Weatherman says modern revolutionaries also don't have to look to the 1960s for inspiration.

Local experts warn that Trump’s pick for Secretary of Education will wage war on “government schools.”

Also, it was so cold Sunday that Chicago Bears QB Matt Barkley was wearing a wet suit under his uniform.

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