Lily Greenberg Call has become the first known Jewish political appointee to resign over Biden's support of Israel in its war on Gaza.

Using the state of Illinois own metrics, “CPS is still almost $1 billion short of 90% adequacy — and that was the focus for the Chicago group on Wednesday.”
Article: CPS, CTU converge on Springfield to ask lawmakers about more money for schools
chicago.suntimes.com/education/2024…

'Amid ongoing campus protests advocating for a cease-fire in Gaza, a concerning trend has emerged: Right-wing activists, [msm], and politicians have begun to recycle decades-old antisemitic tropes to denounce the protests as inherently antisemitic.'

splcenter.org/hatewatch/2024…

Arresting students for “trespassing” at institutions they pay so much to attend that they remain in debt for decades is absolutely insane.

I'm surprised this hasn't been circulating. Two U.S. Senators called for an investigation of shotspotter and its DHS funding sources.

bostonglobe.com/2024/05/14/met…

Where are the headlines about this?

He reprimanded Mayor Emanuel for not closing *more* than 50 schools. I think his goal was like 150 closed majority Black schools?

We have a proposal on the table that does this for our resident teachers.

“So many precious lives have been lost or permanently altered due to our country’s failed approach to public safety. Republicans want to double down on that failed approach.”

My statement ahead of upcoming Republican bills undermining public safety ⬇️

U.S. Army Officer Resigns over War in Gaza democracynow.org/2024/5/14/head…

Our government proudly continues funding genocide, while never fully funding public education.

“It’s time our government responded to popular social movements with an ear, instead of a boot.”

Read my op-ed in Teen Vogue on police and government repression of social movements⬇️

teenvogue.com/story/cori-bus…

My administration has put a lot of points on the board in the first quarter. Thank you to everyone helping us win for the people of Chicago.

I look forward to another year of leading the way toward safety, unity, and prosperity in the greatest freaking city in the world.

A great dive into the latest data on shotspotter. It taught me a lot about the messiness of response time data, and the importance of talking to multiple sources to interpret statistics for the public.

Homicides dropped 15% during Johnson’s 1st year in office, according to a @WTTW News analysis of Chicago Police data.
Lightfoot’s 1st year in office: homicides⬇️6%
Emanuel's 1st year in office: homicides ⬆️21%

The Nakba never ended.

Schleifer notes that parents and others don’t blame teachers but rather see the lack of learning as an effect of poverty and other challenges affecting students. chicago.suntimes.com/education/2024…

“CPS gets about $1 billion less per year than called for…many school districts across the state will continue to get far less than what they would need.”
Article: Facing a budget cliff, CPS lets teachers out of school to lobby Springfield
wbez.org/stories/chicag…

Silky Shah discusses her new book 'Unbuild Walls,' which aims to 'debunk the idea that immigration is a public safety issue' requiring ever more criminalization and border militarization. 'Let's stop that frame so that we can actually get to the core of the issue.'