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Part of a memo from the British Consulate in Chicago analyzing Mayor Richard J. Daley's 1971 reelection.
November 11, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Part of a memo from the British Consulate in Chicago analyzing Mayor Richard J. Daley's 1971 reelection.
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Good thread on what exactly “rising expenses” are in this situation (mostly money spent servicing landlords’ bad debt)
This article on on NYC landlords unable to pay their expenses gives a foretaste of what I suspect the pushback to a rent freeze is going to look like. www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/07/b...
Rent Freeze Proposal Chills Cash-Starved Owners of Bronx Buildings
Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani’s pledge is raising alarms as bankers refuse to finance regulated buildings where costs outstrip income.
www.thecity.nyc
August 7, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Good thread on what exactly “rising expenses” are in this situation (mostly money spent servicing landlords’ bad debt)
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Opinion from the FT's Editorial Board: 'The US and European countries that tout Israel as an ally that shares their values have issued barely a word of condemnation. They should be ashamed of their silence, and stop enabling Netanyahu to act with impunity.' www.ft.com/content/f5fd...
May 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Opinion from the FT's Editorial Board: 'The US and European countries that tout Israel as an ally that shares their values have issued barely a word of condemnation. They should be ashamed of their silence, and stop enabling Netanyahu to act with impunity.' www.ft.com/content/f5fd...
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“Solidarity is a force stronger than gravity. It lifts us up. And we need to get ready for a general strike!”
- Sara Nelson speaking at the Bernie rally in Montana this afternoon.
www.youtube.com/live/5pst2Y7...
- Sara Nelson speaking at the Bernie rally in Montana this afternoon.
www.youtube.com/live/5pst2Y7...
April 16, 2025 at 10:05 PM
“Solidarity is a force stronger than gravity. It lifts us up. And we need to get ready for a general strike!”
- Sara Nelson speaking at the Bernie rally in Montana this afternoon.
www.youtube.com/live/5pst2Y7...
- Sara Nelson speaking at the Bernie rally in Montana this afternoon.
www.youtube.com/live/5pst2Y7...
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Sackets Harbor, NY is so small that there’s one pre k-12 school with 475 students. Three of those students were disappeared by ICE.
Here is a statement published today by school principal Jaime Cook:
Here is a statement published today by school principal Jaime Cook:
April 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Sackets Harbor, NY is so small that there’s one pre k-12 school with 475 students. Three of those students were disappeared by ICE.
Here is a statement published today by school principal Jaime Cook:
Here is a statement published today by school principal Jaime Cook:
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"Because the rich own things, and the poor do not, it is legal for the rich to destroy Earth and illegal for the poor to stop them." www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
Sally Rooney: When are we going to have the courage to stop the climate crisis?
Capitalism is driving the destruction of our planet. We have to think outside – and against – the framework of our current political system
www.irishtimes.com
December 6, 2024 at 11:55 AM
"Because the rich own things, and the poor do not, it is legal for the rich to destroy Earth and illegal for the poor to stop them." www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
Grand Boulevard
September 19, 2024 at 2:10 AM
Grand Boulevard
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The system of applying for and retaining Medicaid is too burdensome. This has always been true. The unwinding merely highlighted this, by contrasting the status quo with a more accessible we had during the pandemic.
Excellent piece:
www.nytimes.com/2024/04/16/u...
Excellent piece:
www.nytimes.com/2024/04/16/u...
5 Takeaways From a Year of Medicaid Upheaval
In the year after a pandemic-era policy preserving Medicaid coverage lapsed, more than 20 million people were dropped from the program at some point.
www.nytimes.com
April 16, 2024 at 5:39 PM
The system of applying for and retaining Medicaid is too burdensome. This has always been true. The unwinding merely highlighted this, by contrasting the status quo with a more accessible we had during the pandemic.
Excellent piece:
www.nytimes.com/2024/04/16/u...
Excellent piece:
www.nytimes.com/2024/04/16/u...
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This rules (bummed I missed Patric’s gallery show at Wrightwood 659 last year)
Inside Art Collector Patric McCoy's South Side Home, Bursting With More Than 1,300 Pieces
McCoy's incredible home gallery spans five decades and features many Black artists from Chicago, part of an effort to preserve the work of local creators.
blockclubchicago.org
February 15, 2024 at 2:20 PM
This rules (bummed I missed Patric’s gallery show at Wrightwood 659 last year)
