CPS: Broke on purpose
As the new fiscal year started for the Chicago Public Schools, Rahm Emanuel and interim-CEO Jesse Ruiz announced $200 million in cuts, including 1400 layoffs, while warning that even more devastating cuts to the classrooms will be coming down the line if the state fails to act on his legislative agenda – a legislative agenda that included no new progressive revenue sources.
Numerous Options for Fixing CPS’ Fiscal Mess
On June 29, 2015, over 100 Chicagoans from dozens of nonprofit organizations, unions and universities came together in Bronzeville to discuss real revenue options that are based on sound research and already successfully implemented in states across the country. For...
Is Chicago Detroit? Was Detroit “Detroit”?
With Governor Rauner pushing for bankruptcy amid multiple downgrades to Chicago debt, the big question appears to be, is Chicago on the road to Detroit? An In These Times article by Saqib Bhatti explains how the entire paradigm – that there is some path towards...
