It is not coincidence that movements of social change are usually born on the backs of the young. The old saying may have it that with age comes wisdom, but with the knowledge gleaned from a lifetime’s experience comes a… Read More ›
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Rahm Emanuel: Chicago’s Mayor of Go F*** Yourself
Editor’s Note: At the present moment a small, but passionate group of community members on Chicago’s South Side are well into their third week of a hunger strike aimed at Mayor Rahm Emanuel in an attempt to get him to… Read More ›
Following in Potentially Vanishing Footsteps: A Latina’s Journey From LA to an Ivy & Back Again
Author’s Note: I thought this piece might have particular significance in light of the Supreme Court’s 6-2 majority decision to allow the state of Michigan, and by extension all states, the right to enact legislation banning the use of consideration… Read More ›
All That Glitters Is Not Gold: A Look At Detroit’s Lackluster Renaissance
I’ve always found it strange that the melting pot is go to metaphor for those politicians and public figures looking to expound upon the merits of America’s diverse populous, when all a melting pot does is mix ingredients about until… Read More ›
A Modest Appraisal
On The Occasion of The Chicago Public School Board’s Glorious Disemboweling of Fifty Particularly Bothersome Pieces of Educational Detritus. I must say, it has warmed the cockles of my imperceptibly beating and pacemakered heart to see the musty nether regions… Read More ›
Chicago Teachers Learn How To Hold ‘Em…And Possibly Fold ‘Em
A couple of years ago, I was interviewed for a position at a public school in Cincinnati. The job was some bizarre franken-mesh of an English teacher and an IT guy that sounded as if it had been pulled out… Read More ›
Virally Suppressed - Muckraking For The Modern World 