Parents and Community Members Protest the Illinois State Charter School Commission

Submitted by Illinoisnoki1 on Sun, 05/12/2013 - 11:39

Protest New Illinois Governmental Body that Can Force Charters on Your Community

By Northern Illinois Jobs for Justice

Link to meeting schedule at Charter Commission Offices, 160 N. LaSalle  http://www.isbe.state.il.us/SCSC/meetings/meetings.htm

Members of several parent and community groups who support authentic public schools will demonstrate today at the site of the meeting of the Illinois State Charter School Commission  (SCSC).  The SCSC is a special body of the Illinois State Board of Education established by the Illinois Legislature. 

Its sole function is to override decisions of local school boards which have denied charters to companies requesting to establish charter schools in their communities.

Howard Dean: Obama Might Drive Me Out Of The Democratic Party!

Submitted by Illinoisnoki1 on Tue, 04/16/2013 - 14:23

At Buzz Feed, April 15, 2013 at 12:22pm EDT

Evan McMorris-Santoro BuzzFeed Staff 

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Gun Control Fails in Senate as a Result of Harry Reid's Refusal to Reform Filibuster

Submitted by Illinoisnoki1 on Sun, 01/27/2013 - 13:32

Gun control bill fails in Senate

From Daily KOS:  By a vote of 54-46, the Senate filibustered a bill that would have required background checks for firearm sales at gun shows and on the internet.

Obama’s Budget: A Bad Bargain

Submitted by Illinoisnoki1 on Wed, 04/10/2013 - 13:59

Cutting Social Security is a recipe for social insecurity.

BY Tim Carpenter and Mike Hersh  in In These Times  Web Only// Features » April 10, 2013

When President Obama unveiled his 2014 budget this morning, the worst-kept secret of the past few months finally became official: The president proposes moving to the chained Consumer Price Index (CPI) as a means of calculating cost-of-living adjustments (COLA) to Social Security.

Apparently the Administration hopes that dealing away earned benefits Americans rely on will lead to a “Grand Bargain” and settle recurring fiscal battles like the debt ceiling, the fiscal cliff and the sequester. But our organization, Progressive Democrats of America (PDA), and most Americans, believe that Social Security benefits should increase—not decrease.