Calls for change galvanize parents and educators at first CPS board meeting after mayoral election
By Carly Graf Medill Reports Fed up with disinvestment in their schools, South and Southeast Side parents and educators told members of Chicago’s Board of Education that Wednesday’s meeting might be one of their last. The pending mayoral runoff between Toni Preckwinkle and Lori Lightfoot bolstered their hopes for change as each candidate touts a […]
A moment bigger than a campaign: 33rd Ward Aldermanic Candidate Rossana Rodríguez-Sánchez heads into a runoff
By Justin Agrelo Medill Reports At a watch party on election night in the back room of Chief O’Niell’s pub in Avondale, a group of nearly 100 people wait. Live music from a local youth band fills the room as people socialize, drinks in their hands and enthusiasm in the air. Like many other watch […]