Also, Rahm returned to Washington, D.C., to discuss infrastructure and meet with DeVos.
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With Puzder out, it’s Oprah to the rescue
Now that Oprah has helped save us from Andrew Puzder’s reign as secretary of labor, here’s hoping she might find some other tapes that might save us from the rest of the miscreants in Trump’s White House.
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How the Trump administration could bankrupt Chicago Public Schools
Plans to pull funding from traditional public education would compound an already dire financial picture in Illinois and Chicago.
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Rahm stops by O’Hare in solidarity with immigration ban protesters, and other Chicago news
Also, people are offering to be donate a kidney to police chief Eddie Johnson.
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DeVos decision delayed, but here’s what we know
In the era of alternative facts, Democrats on the Senate HELP committee are asking for a second hearing before they vote on Trump’s pick for secretary of education.
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That black cloud hanging over Trump’s inauguration? Not just rain.
President Trump enters office as counterintelligence investigations into his campaign’s ties to the Russians heat up.
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Bill Ayers believes opposition to Trump should come from the people—not the Democratic Party
Retired UIC professor and author Bill Ayers says modern revolutionaries also don’t have to look to the 1960s for inspiration.
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Betsy Devos’s presumed agenda: Dismantle public education
Local experts warn that Trump’s pick for Secretary of Education will wage war on “government schools.”
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Illinois’s prison population dropped 9.1 percent under Rauner, and other Chicago news
Also, it was so cold Sunday that Chicago Bears QB Matt Barkley was wearing a wet suit under his uniform.