UChicago egregiously violated its own disciplinary procedures by appointing a handpicked chair in secret who decided at the last minute to withhold the degrees of student protesters. Disappointing but not surprising.

I wish more non-autistic people knew and accepted that autistic people who can seemingly do a lot of things - like work, socialise and clean - may truly need to rest after doing them, may not be able to do them in quick succession, and may sometimes not be able to do them at all.

People convicted of a felony should be allowed to vote.

People convicted of a felony should not be able to run for president when that felony helped them win the presidency in the first goddamn place.

#confessyourpopularopinion

NEW: Mayor Johnson unveiled a plan Friday to test whether city crews should be responsible for clearing not just Chicago’s roads but also its sidewalks of snow & ice during winter storms, the culmination of a yearlong effort dubbed #plowthesidewalks WTTW - Chicago PBS news.wttw.com/2024/05/31/may…

lmao

Hey Dick Durbin? Your move, buddy.

An important op-ed at an important moment when Illinois is considering a disastrous plan to spend almost $1 billion on a new prison: 'If you had $900 million to spend toward creating a more flourishing future for Illinois, where would you spend it?' chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/20…

The Bears MAY NEED it. They can then PAY for all of it.

Chicago doesn’t NEED more debt to pay off and lawsuits. Chicago doesn’t NEED to put ANY tax dollars towards it.

Chicago NEEDS schools, transit, and pensions funded.

We are so excited to have Representative Nabeela Syed and Representative Mary Beth Canty speak at our 2024 Faith in Place Action Fund Celebration and Fundraiser!

Stay tuned for the speakers we will have from IN and WI! Make sure you are registered! RSVP: bit.ly/AF-Fundraiser-…

Wait. What?

Alumni event starting soon at 5615 S Woodlawn:

Come to Quaker House for a Teach-in with UChicago and neighborhood community for Palestine! We'll be discussing the institution's ties to the apartheid Israeli regime and local war profiteers like the Crown Family.

Due to the developing situation involving the liberation of IOP, our location may change! stay tuned....

I can hear David Axelr*d clutching his pearls from here.

We have filled all 100 peace keeper positions for youth in our partnership with Chicago Department of Family & Support Services & OneSummer Chi. However, 900 youth applied for the job! Despite the dominant negative narrative about youth violence, teens want to push peace!
#PeaceBook now!

blockclubchicago.org/2023/05/15/une…

I mean…

Grades ARE documentation of reality. They document the systemic harm that we perpetuate on those whom we have tried to rob of their voice and their power. That is definitely a reality for many.

The persistent convos about grades and their validity/importance is…
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Join us for our virtual Action Fund Fundraiser Annual Celebration!

I’m calling for a moratorium on men speaking in public until we can figure all this out.

Why can CPD remove the student encampments but not the officers with white supremacist ties from the police department Mayor Brandon Johnson Superintendent Larry Snelling?

'Two students had been arrested as the encampment was torn down.

One of those was a Muslim woman whose hijab was torn off'

Children are future adults. While protecting them is an important part of your job as a parent, so is teaching them life skills, including self-advocacy. 💜