At RI Future, I reviewed Cedric de Leon's new book The Origins of Right to Work: Antilabor Democracy in Nineteenth-Century Chicago. An excerpt. Scholars are beginning to rethink the Gilded.
Above: The conservative dream for all union-dense cities with lots of black people. Kristen McQueary of the Chicago Tribune presents the conservative argument that Hurricane Katrina was awesome because it.
Some sage advice to rural people visiting Chicago, 1888
As you may know, Rahm Emanuel closed a whole bunch of schools and mental health clinics in Chicago, leading to the classic "YOU'RE GONNA RESPECT ME!" exchange. What does Rahm's.
Chicago Teachers Union president Karen Lewis was all geared up to run for mayor against the odious Rahm Emanuel. She had a huge lead in the polls and it could.
Children playing next to a dead horse, Chicago, 1893 This is probably my favorite image for teaching in American history. There is so much going on here. The children playing.
While I don't doubt that Chicago has a real budget crisis coming from unfunded pension requirements, this is pretty telling of how Rahm Emanuel plans to use Teach for America.
In a comment to Scott's post yesterday, Matt Yglesias said this about evaluation of the Chicago teachers. My point about unions favoring job security for their members per se is.
