My 8th grade history fair paper topic was the Haymarket Affair! Wonder if I still have it somewhere in a box....

Chicago 2050: Stacy Davis Gates writes on how CPS will be rooted in sustainability in 25 years Schools are not just places of education. They are the anchors of a community, the propellers of our democracy and a centerpiece of city planning.

New piece in the Tribune via Stacy Davis Gates on behalf of 30,000 Chicago Public Educators
“Schools are the anchors of community, the propellers of our democracy & a centerpiece of city planning for any thriving, safe and welcoming neighborhood…”
www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/19/o...

May Day is necessary because working people, students, and our communities are under attack.

CTU Executive Board Member Bridget Doherty says May 1 is International Workers Day and in 2026, it’s global day of action.

Get involved at chicagomayday.org/

Teaching about #MayDay shouldn’t get you on Fox News it should be celebrated. May Day is American history and Chicago History specifically. “On May 1, 1886, 80,000 workers marched up Michigan Avenue in Chicago…”
Learn your history-The Haymarket Affair
www.illinoislaborhistory.org/the-haymarke...

Dr. David Stovall joined us to discuss his bookEngineered Conflict—and grounded us in the legacy of the April 1, 2016 one-day strike for our futures.

When we center the people most impacted, we can change everything—schools, housing, and our city.

People’s World: May Day Strong Movement maps plans at nationwide meeting

At a national May Day Strong meeting, unions including UEW, SEIU, and NNU aligned around one call: No Work. No School. No Shopping.

With growing threats to our democracy, we have to show our power on May Day.

Read more: bit.ly/4t7RWPc

Millions are rising on May 1 to stand up for democracy and reclaim our future.

As educators, this is our civic duty.

We teach. We organize. We act.

Join us at chicagomayday.org/

Inside teachers' union May Day 'dress rehearsal' critics warn will 'groom' students into Dem 'foot soldiers' Chicago Teachers Union and NEA pushed a May Day protest curriculum in a recent webinar, prompting watchdogs to allege political indoctrination targeting students as young as three.

It seems educators that if you dare teach the truth about #MayDay, Lucy Parsons, & how workers matter Fox News will attack…because fascism…
“Inside teachers' union May Day 'dress rehearsal' critics warn will 'groom' students into Dem 'foot soldiers'”
www.foxnews.com/politics/ins...

Chicago Weds. April 8th 6pm

Dawn Staley's remarks on rival's outburst reflect a restraint familiar to Black women - Andscape Dawn Staley’s restraint highlights the double standard for Black women who constantly take the high road in times that warrant the opposite.

“Staley has always understood optics and grasped the bigger picture. She knows the weight her words carry. She also has an acute awareness, as a Black head coach, that she doesn’t only represent herself in public spaces.”

andscape.com/features/daw...

🚨📺 @mayorofchicago.bsky.social on the push to overturn the One Fair Wage ordinance: We had an 83% renewal for [restaurant] business licenses. There's a way in which we can continue to grow and build businesses while also making sure we're taking care of our workers.

bsky.app/profile/chic...

Democrats on the City Council trying to roll back the wages of Black and Brown women, at a time when it is getting increasingly more difficult to afford to live in cities across the country, is not only tone deaf, it's irresponsible.

"1. Photo: Mayor Brandon Johnson poses with One Fair Wage organizers and tipped workers holding a large 'check' for 1.4 billion for tipped workers during Chicago Workers' Rights Week. Text: The Facts: Mayor Johnson’s One Fair Wage Ordinance. More opportunity for workers. More restaurants opening their doors."

"2. Image: Mayor Johnson hugs a Black woman in a pink One Fair Wage shirt at the One Fair Wage anniversary celebration in Austin. Text: Mayor Johnson is putting money back in workers’ pockets—spurring $6,600 in income growth for Chicago restaurant workers. 53% of Chicago’s tipped workers are women, 60% are Black or Hispanic, and 70% do not have a college degree. They earn just $35,000 a year, on average."

"3. Image: Mayor Johnson acts as 'Server-for-a-Day' for One Fair Wage in the Loop. Text: Despite claims to the contrary, restaurants are not leaving Chicago. In fact, more restaurants are staying open. Since July 1, 2024, the City has issued 1,574 new Retail Food Establishment licenses."

4. Mayor Johnson greets the staff of Daisies in Logan Square during Chicago Restaurant Week.

As Trump's economy gets less and less affordable by the day, I will continue standing up for our tipped workers and the One Fair Wage ordinance.

As Veterans, we have not forgotten and will fight to stop another gen. of lives from being destroyed by corrupt politicians who don’t care about the price the rest of us pay while they languish in their gilded offices. If you’re a Vet & agree, join us bit.ly/vafmeeting /4

Betting Against Increased Taxes, DraftKings Is Spending Big on Illinois State Races The sports gambling industry is pouring more than a million dollars into local Illinois races in a gambit to evade regulations and higher taxes.

DraftKings and FanDuel spent big to shape Illinois politics and dodge higher taxes.

In the 40th District, Miguel Alvelo-Rivera defeated Jaime Andrade anyway, despite heavy outside spending aimed at defeating those supporting taxing the gaming industry.

Feature The Left Needs To Confront Its Own Sexual Assault Problem Our movements will never win as long as many of us are unsafe. Alex Press October 30, 2017

Reminder: "A woman speaking up about sexual violence on the Left does so because of her commitment to our work, not in spite of it."

inthesetimes.com/article/the-...

How We Got Here and How We Move Forward After 400 years, Black children are still being told by policy that they are undeserving of a fully funded education, but there is still hope.

Absolutely love this article by Dr. Bettina Love! “Bold action and transformative interventions are necessary to reimagine and create an education system that ends harm and advances justice and racial equity.” @splcenter.org

www.splcenter.org/resources/st...

A Third of Civics Teachers Have Changed Lessons for Fear of Political Backlash Teachers still face pressures from the legislative push to ban "divisive concepts" in the classroom.

A Third of Civics Teachers Have Changed Lessons for Fear of Political Backlash: Teachers still face pressures from the legislative push to ban "divisive concepts" in the classroom.

Iranian-American: “I’m opposed to my country bombing my family’s country and my tax dollars paying for it. It’s wrong.”

(From @statuscoupnews.bsky.social )

Why

The US is not beholden to Israel. Israel doesn't do what the U.S. doesn't also approve of.

Iran war: What is happening on day nine of US-Israel attacks? The US and Israel continue to strike Iran, hitting oil storage depots and refining facilities for the first time.

The US and Israel continue to strike Iran, hitting oil storage depots and refining facilities for the first time.

Hundreds of activists filled the streets of New York City in protest of the Israeli-US war on Iran and it's engulfing of the wider region's nations.

Trump Has Made the U.S. War Machine a Spectacle—And It’s Spectacularly Unpopular In Iran, Trump has brought the full extent of the war machine out into the open. Let’s channel public anger into organizing.

Trump has made the U.S. war machine impossible to ignore. As the bombing of Iran escalates, more people are rejecting endless war and militarized violence.

Khury Petersen-Smith and Azadeh Shahshahani argue we should channel public anger into organizing to dismantle militarism for good.

If the Democratic Party had actual leadership they would’ve went all in for Jasmine Crockett. Why? Because she’s confident, intelligent, & not afraid to stand up to MAGA. Because MAGA gerrymandered her Rep. district. By not supporting her fully the Dems. complied with MAGA, again

Brilliant, bold, and benevolent are appropriate adjectives to describe Jasmine Crockett.
She’s consistently stood up to Trump and MAGA. Yet the reason why she wasn’t supported enough by Democrats is because of anti-Blackness and misogynoir.

She quit her job to fight for her father’s freedom—and for everyone else inside Alligator Alcatraz Inside the weekly vigils that refuse to let Florida's most notorious detention camp and the immigrants detained there be forgotten.

Inside the weekly vigils that refuse to let Florida’s most notorious detention camp and the immigrants detained there be forgotten.

Men think they're doing their share of housework. They're not. The gender gap is taking a toll on women's mental health and is not showing signs of getting better.

related to the previous post.

"New research from the university suggests that women who carried the bulk of the housework load at age 25 still bear the same heavy burdens decades later as they move into middle age — and that "women's domestic workload only increased during the child-rearing years."

We have $ for a dozen ICE agents to hang around for hours trying to arrest 2 roofers working in MN.

Meanwhile, the agency that investigates and prosecutes violations of Americans' right to organize is shedding staff again. Now down to like 1 agency staff per 145,000 workers.