Chris Baehrend, the head of the Chicago Teachers Union’s charter division, reflects on a successful winter Charter school strike at a mid-summer barbecue. Natasha, a
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Interview with Chicago Special Education Teacher and CTU E-Board Member Katie Osgood
Interview with Chicago Teachers Union Executive Board Member and CPS Elementary School Special Education teacher Katie Osgood. It’s July 31st, 2019. It’s mid-summer in the

Nine Poems of Renewal
Hope Beyond the flavor of the day The pretensions of illusions thrust Cut off obscene angelic forms Meandered thoughts and sacred space To
Mission Agape: The Church of Universal Love
By Daniel Lichtenstein-Boris The Refugee Health Alliance, a Southern Californian volunteer network of healthcare workers has treated more than 3,000 refugee patients, since waves of
The Rock of Salvation
The fourth in a series on the first day of the national military emergency; a day spent with the Refugee Health Alliance, a group of
Dumped by Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center and a system that failed from the start: Ronald Weaver (Santa Monica & Gardner)
Ronald Weaver is no saint. He smelled like booze. He says he drinks, he has been suicidal in the past, and is mentally ill. When