Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: 'I thought these days were behind us' -- Rev. Tyson

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: 'I thought these days were behind us' -- Rev. Tyson:

'I thought these days were behind us' -- Rev. Tyson

by Mike Klonsky

From North Carolina to the streets of Chicago -- they are not behind us

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They Canceled Class Today — All The Teachers Got Arrested While Protesting For Voting Rights

From the Sun-Times:

A group of parents — backed by the Chicago Teachers Union — wants Judge John Z. Lee to delay the closures for a year while they carry on their fight in court. They say in two class-action lawsuits that black and disabled students will be unfairly affected by the closures.

Lee on Thursday declined the parents’ request to issue a preliminary injunction against the closures before the school year ends, but he said he’d hear evidence at a hearing starting July 16.

During heated exchanges with lawyers for the Board of Education and the City of Chicago, parents’