The September 2019 Issue of Substance
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Media Watch: Uncool PR-style puff piece by Chicago Sun-Times
The Chicago Sun-Times ignored the facts of an unnecessary, $100 million building – that furthers segregation on the northwest side of Chicago, and will cause additional damage in lost enrollment to several existing schools, purportedly . . .
Stories about Substance editor George N. Schmidt on Oct. 2018 Substance homepage
Dozens of stories about editor George N. Schmidt, who died on Sept. 17, 2018, are published on the October 2018 Substance News homepage. Stories about George’s personal life appear on the left column of . . .
A 'Labor Day' reminder... from 'The Ballad of Pretty Boy Floyd'-- 'some will rob you with a six-gun, and some with a fountain pen...'
[Published on Labor Day, 2014.]
I wasn't able to make the Labor Day activities in Chicago's historic Pullman district on Labor Day 2014. But throughout the day while doing other things (including the last . . .
Getting the last laugh on impeachment
From the time he gave his second grade music teacher a black eye to “make his opinion known,” to lying about his academic standing at the University of Pennsylvania, to overall campaign outrage and Oval . . .
Students to strike over climate crisis on Friday, Sept. 20; protest rally begins at 11 a.m. in Grant Park
Hundreds of Chicago public school students will join an international school strike to raise awareness of the climate crisis on Friday, Sept. 20. They'll meet at Grant Park at 11 a.m. at the intersection of . . .
Strike authorization vote set at September meeting of the CTU House of Delegates
While many topics were addressed at the Sept. 4, Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) House of Delegates meeting, the strike authorization vote was most important. In his report, President Jesse Sharkey stressed the need for a . . .
CTU delegates urge members to vote yes on strike authorization
In hopes for a strong "yes" vote on Sept. 24 - Sept. 26, I sent the following email to the union members, following our afterschool meeting on Sept. 11.
CTU Brothers and Sisters,
Parents 4 Teachers expresses solidarity with CTU in contract fight
I spoke at the CTU members meeting and rally on August 20 on behalf of ParentsFor Teachers to express solidarity with teachers in their contract fight. Here is what I said:
My name is . . .
Songs about working class and unions
[The following piece by George Schmidt was originally published on Labor Day, 2011.]
Thanks to The Nation magazine and YouTube, there is now a chance to get a complete medley of some of . . .
WBEZ News: 5 Things To Know About Chicago Public Schools’ Budget
The following piece was published on August 19, 2019. The link is here: https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/5-things-to-know-about-chicago-public-schools-budget/fd25a073-d929-4529-9419-614021b60d7b
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and CPS CEO Janice Jackson heralded the new mayor’s first proposed budget for the school . . .
