On MLK Day, time to talk about inequality in America and schools
| Chicago State students march to save their school from closure. |
"Inequality is inevitable; the vast inequality of America today isn’t." -- Paul Krugman in today's NYT.Krugman even tips his hat to Pres. Obama for raising the tax rate on top earners and pushing through his health care reform. Not only didn't the sky fall, as conservatives predicted, but over the past six years, we've had the best job growth since the 1990s.
But job growth is only a small part of the struggle for equality, especially when that growth is accompanied by flattening or shrinking real wages, union-busting, and the re-creation of a two-tier school system through privatization and charteriztion, and limited access to higher education.
Case in point -- the imminent closure of predominantly-black Chicago State Univ. as a result of Gov. Rauner's austerity program and his holding hostage the Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: On MLK Day, time to talk about inequality in America and schools: