Ian Schlom's List: The Black Sheep Journal

holy shit!
"New revelations on the National Security Agency's activities and the consequences of its bugging of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's cell phone dominated German media at the start of the week."

This is totally fucked.
This article also shows the ways that the State is giving hundreds of billions of dollars to finance firms and other capitalists in the US, while the tens of billions of dollars are being brought away from SNAP.

Abstract: Hundreds of members of the Chicago teachers union and other labor groups rallied Wednesday in an ongoing protest over a school closure plan that would shut down more than 10 percent of the district's 400 plus elementary schools. This is part of a political showdown with the city that began earlier in the school year when the teachers went on strike.

This is a good source for me. Since it's an interview with an official in DC about the school closings and how the school administrations are making these decisions.
Abstract of Audio: Many parents and teachers in the nation's cities are disappointed by a long list of school closings. But when enrollment is low and costs are high, administrators face tough decisions. Host Michel Martin speaks to the Chancellor of Washington D.C.'s public schools, Kaya Henderson, about how school systems weigh these difficult choices.

Holy shit.
"The majority of the schools being closed are located in the south and west side of Chicago, some of the poorest areas of the city. The safety of children is one of the main concerns of parents and teachers, since children will be forced to walk longer distances, including through impoverished areas with higher levels of gang violence."
The Chicago Teacher Union (CTU) is not really doing anything of substance to oppose the closings of the schools.