CORE - Caucus of Rank-and-file Educators
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The CORE caucus of the Chicago Teachers Union. Working since 2008 to create the Chicago our students, families and educators deserve.
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CTU President Davis Gates spoke to what the CTU knows: when an unlawful force invades our city, Black communities will also be targeted. As Black, Brown and immigrant communities are under attack, our unity and commitment to keep one another safe is the responsibility of all Chicagoans.
Leadership from our President
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In kitchens around the nation, Black men in particular are bringing nuance, spices, and an eye toward land acknowledgement and reparations to the table.
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Gender reversal: Black men are taking over the kitchen on Thanksgiving Day • The TRiiBE
Historically, the kitchen in America is a place for women, but more Black men are changing the gendered nature of the Thanksgiving holiday.
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November 27, 2025 at 5:29 PM
In kitchens around the nation, Black men in particular are bringing nuance, spices, and an eye toward land acknowledgement and reparations to the table.
thetriibe.com/2024/11/gend...
thetriibe.com/2024/11/gend...
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This Black Friday, small and Black business owners hope to see a boost in sales as people across the country participate in economic boycotts pressuring corporate companies to stop colluding with the Trump administration.
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Black-owned businesses hope to see a boost as two national boycotts hit Black Friday and Cyber Monday • The TRiiBE
With two economic boycotts underway, Black-owned brands like Chicago’s Be For Skincare hope shoppers shift their dollars to them.
thetriibe.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:12 PM
This Black Friday, small and Black business owners hope to see a boost in sales as people across the country participate in economic boycotts pressuring corporate companies to stop colluding with the Trump administration.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/blac...
thetriibe.com/2025/11/blac...
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"Israel's insidious war crimes have not subsided just because Trump succeeded in convincing Western public opinion that the genocide in Gaza has paused."
UN Report Details Israel's 'De Facto State Policy' of Torturing Palestinian Prisoners
Reports of Israeli authorities torturing Palestinian prisoners have shocked the world, with victims describing horrific abuse. When will those responsible be held accountable for these heinous crimes?
www.commondreams.org
November 29, 2025 at 7:06 PM
"Israel's insidious war crimes have not subsided just because Trump succeeded in convincing Western public opinion that the genocide in Gaza has paused."
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South Shore residents of the apartment building raided by ICE expressed feeling abandoned by city and state leaders.
One resident said tenants still haven’t heard from Ald Gregory Mitchell (7th Ward). The South Shore building is in his ward.
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One resident said tenants still haven’t heard from Ald Gregory Mitchell (7th Ward). The South Shore building is in his ward.
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Building raided by ICE now ‘falling apart from the inside out,’ South Shore residents say • The TRiiBE
“No one paid attention to the fact that people were living here without heat before ICE came,” said Infiniti Gant, a housing organizer with Southside Together. “People were living here with mice and r...
thetriibe.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:51 PM
South Shore residents of the apartment building raided by ICE expressed feeling abandoned by city and state leaders.
One resident said tenants still haven’t heard from Ald Gregory Mitchell (7th Ward). The South Shore building is in his ward.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/buil...
One resident said tenants still haven’t heard from Ald Gregory Mitchell (7th Ward). The South Shore building is in his ward.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/buil...
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Chicago is a model of resistance for cities battling federal immigration enforcement operations. Check out how from @thetriibe.com
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Chicago is a model of resistance for cities battling federal immigration enforcement operations • The TRiiBE
Chicago has been resisting ICE and Border Patrol by building rapid response and mutual aid networks, and providing legal defense funding.
thetriibe.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Chicago is a model of resistance for cities battling federal immigration enforcement operations. Check out how from @thetriibe.com
thetriibe.com/2025/11/chic...
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#BlackFridayBoycott tips
❌ Big Box Stores
❌ Amazon
❌ Shopping Malls
✅ Locally owned
✅ Small independent stores
✅ Minority owned and operated
❌ Big Box Stores
❌ Amazon
❌ Shopping Malls
✅ Locally owned
✅ Small independent stores
✅ Minority owned and operated
NEW — With two national economic boycotts underway, Black business owners hope shoppers shift their dollars to them.
“Just be more aware of where you’re spending your dollar because while they try to make it seem that we don’t have the power, we do.”
thetriibe.com/2025/11/blac...
“Just be more aware of where you’re spending your dollar because while they try to make it seem that we don’t have the power, we do.”
thetriibe.com/2025/11/blac...
Black-owned businesses hope to see a boost as two national boycotts hit Black Friday and Cyber Monday • The TRiiBE
With two economic boycotts underway, Black-owned brands like Chicago’s Be For Skincare hope shoppers shift their dollars to them.
thetriibe.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:04 PM
#BlackFridayBoycott tips
❌ Big Box Stores
❌ Amazon
❌ Shopping Malls
✅ Locally owned
✅ Small independent stores
✅ Minority owned and operated
❌ Big Box Stores
❌ Amazon
❌ Shopping Malls
✅ Locally owned
✅ Small independent stores
✅ Minority owned and operated
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NEW — Today, Mayor Brandon Johnson joined GoodKids MadCity’s “Feed the Block” event ahead of Thanksgiving.
GKMC members took Johnson on a tour and reiterated their desire to build a new community center on a vacant lot behind Evening Star Missionary Baptist Church.
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GKMC members took Johnson on a tour and reiterated their desire to build a new community center on a vacant lot behind Evening Star Missionary Baptist Church.
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Mayor Brandon Johnson joins GoodKids MadCity’s holiday food distribution in West Englewood • The TRiiBE
In addition to feeding those in need, the youth-led community organization also reiterated its desire for a new community center at its West Englewood headquarters.
thetriibe.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:23 PM
NEW — Today, Mayor Brandon Johnson joined GoodKids MadCity’s “Feed the Block” event ahead of Thanksgiving.
GKMC members took Johnson on a tour and reiterated their desire to build a new community center on a vacant lot behind Evening Star Missionary Baptist Church.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/mayo...
GKMC members took Johnson on a tour and reiterated their desire to build a new community center on a vacant lot behind Evening Star Missionary Baptist Church.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/mayo...
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Residents of the Harrison Courts Apartments complex say they have grown tired of asking the Chicago Housing Authority to make repairs and fix a rodent problem.
Fed-up CHA tenants demand city action to fix squalid apartments
www.wbez.org
November 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Residents of the Harrison Courts Apartments complex say they have grown tired of asking the Chicago Housing Authority to make repairs and fix a rodent problem.
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Residents are leaning on neighborhood pantries to put food on their tables this Thanksgiving as food insecurity and SNAP uncertainty linger.
Mayor Johnson, Cupich meet with Chicagoans seeking help at pantries
chicago.suntimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Residents are leaning on neighborhood pantries to put food on their tables this Thanksgiving as food insecurity and SNAP uncertainty linger.
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While some Chicago City Council members say Johnson has not been working collaboratively through the budget process, organizers who helped shape the proposal say different, adding that tweaks were expected as long as the bottom line is met: taxing the rich.
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Why some alderpeople are pushing back on Johnson’s budget proposal: borrowing, head tax and cuts to youth programs • The TRiiBE
Vasquez has an issue with borrowing money. Scott’s issue is with the head tax and TIFs. Other alders question transparency and impact with the latest budget proposal.
thetriibe.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:54 PM
While some Chicago City Council members say Johnson has not been working collaboratively through the budget process, organizers who helped shape the proposal say different, adding that tweaks were expected as long as the bottom line is met: taxing the rich.
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thetriibe.com/2025/11/why-...
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Members of City Council just sent a loud and clear message to Chicagoans. 25 alders would rather protect the biggest corporations in Chicago than protect you from another property tax hike.
Call your alder. Tell them to vote YES on the Protecting Chicago Budget.
Call your alder. Tell them to vote YES on the Protecting Chicago Budget.
November 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Members of City Council just sent a loud and clear message to Chicagoans. 25 alders would rather protect the biggest corporations in Chicago than protect you from another property tax hike.
Call your alder. Tell them to vote YES on the Protecting Chicago Budget.
Call your alder. Tell them to vote YES on the Protecting Chicago Budget.
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Your alder has a choice: Invest in our school communities or protect ultra-wealth corporations and downtown developers.
Use our new calculator to see how much your school stands to lose if City Council votes against the historic $1 billion TIF surplus.
protectingchicagoschools.com/
Use our new calculator to see how much your school stands to lose if City Council votes against the historic $1 billion TIF surplus.
protectingchicagoschools.com/
November 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Your alder has a choice: Invest in our school communities or protect ultra-wealth corporations and downtown developers.
Use our new calculator to see how much your school stands to lose if City Council votes against the historic $1 billion TIF surplus.
protectingchicagoschools.com/
Use our new calculator to see how much your school stands to lose if City Council votes against the historic $1 billion TIF surplus.
protectingchicagoschools.com/
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No corporation should profit from terrorizing our Black and immigrant communities. As AT&T makes money off its contracts with ICE/CBP/DHS, these federal agencies are targeting our neighbors—and we won't stand for it.
Read more about yesterday's protests: https://ow.ly/gOt750Xt6em
Read more about yesterday's protests: https://ow.ly/gOt750Xt6em
November 17, 2025 at 9:19 PM
No corporation should profit from terrorizing our Black and immigrant communities. As AT&T makes money off its contracts with ICE/CBP/DHS, these federal agencies are targeting our neighbors—and we won't stand for it.
Read more about yesterday's protests: https://ow.ly/gOt750Xt6em
Read more about yesterday's protests: https://ow.ly/gOt750Xt6em
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AT&T has acquired hundreds of millions of dollars from its contracts with DHS since the turn of the century, and now Chicagoans are attacking the service provider for its complicity in ICE’s human rights violations. From James Baratta:
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Chicagoans Grill AT&T for Facilitating ICE Terror - The American Prospect
Organizers in Chicago are demanding the telecom giant cut ties with the Department of Homeland Security. It’s part of a larger strategy targeting corporate complicity in the federal immigration crackdown.
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November 17, 2025 at 5:45 PM
AT&T has acquired hundreds of millions of dollars from its contracts with DHS since the turn of the century, and now Chicagoans are attacking the service provider for its complicity in ICE’s human rights violations. From James Baratta:
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Chicago City Council Voted with Ultra Wealthy Corporations and Against Chicago’s Families Today, Now They Have to Actually Present Their Own Ideas
November 17, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Chicago City Council Voted with Ultra Wealthy Corporations and Against Chicago’s Families Today, Now They Have to Actually Present Their Own Ideas
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CTU: Violence at Bright Shows the Need for City, State and CPS to Join Educators and Community Members to Fill Budget Gaps, Provide Safe Passage, Restorative Justice and After-School Programming
November 19, 2025 at 3:00 AM
CTU: Violence at Bright Shows the Need for City, State and CPS to Join Educators and Community Members to Fill Budget Gaps, Provide Safe Passage, Restorative Justice and After-School Programming
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Chicago Public Schools officials say North Side charter operator has mismanaged itself to the brink of financial ruin www.wbez.org/education/20...
CPS blasts longtime charter operator for alleged financial ‘negligence’
The CEO of ASPIRA says the charter school network won’t make payroll next week. It’s the latest charter operator to face financial challenges.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Chicago Public Schools officials say North Side charter operator has mismanaged itself to the brink of financial ruin www.wbez.org/education/20...
No Starbucks
No Target
We take our money elsewhere!
No Target
We take our money elsewhere!
November 17, 2025 at 1:35 PM
No Starbucks
No Target
We take our money elsewhere!
No Target
We take our money elsewhere!
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Grocery taxes, garbage taxes, beer taxes, property taxes, rising rents — Chicagoans can’t shoulder any more. City Council has a choice: protect Chicago’s working families OR give in to ultra-wealthy corporations. ctu.sh/budget
November 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Grocery taxes, garbage taxes, beer taxes, property taxes, rising rents — Chicagoans can’t shoulder any more. City Council has a choice: protect Chicago’s working families OR give in to ultra-wealthy corporations. ctu.sh/budget
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ICE has targeted and tear-gassed Black and immigrant families on the South Side—and AT&T is profiting from them while they do so. Tell AT&T: #dropthecontracts on Nov 16.
Join Chicago's corporate speakout, 2–3 & 4–5 PM: https://ppls.ac/att
#ATTLovesICE #DropTheContractsATT
Join Chicago's corporate speakout, 2–3 & 4–5 PM: https://ppls.ac/att
#ATTLovesICE #DropTheContractsATT
November 14, 2025 at 3:49 PM
ICE has targeted and tear-gassed Black and immigrant families on the South Side—and AT&T is profiting from them while they do so. Tell AT&T: #dropthecontracts on Nov 16.
Join Chicago's corporate speakout, 2–3 & 4–5 PM: https://ppls.ac/att
#ATTLovesICE #DropTheContractsATT
Join Chicago's corporate speakout, 2–3 & 4–5 PM: https://ppls.ac/att
#ATTLovesICE #DropTheContractsATT
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AT&T was one of the big corporations lobbying to take our money for food and health care through the Big Ugly Bill. Now they are making $$$ off ICE/CBP/DHS contracts.
Help us say, “That Ain’t Right!”: https://ppls.ac/att
#ATTLovesICE #DropTheContractsATT
Help us say, “That Ain’t Right!”: https://ppls.ac/att
#ATTLovesICE #DropTheContractsATT
November 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
AT&T was one of the big corporations lobbying to take our money for food and health care through the Big Ugly Bill. Now they are making $$$ off ICE/CBP/DHS contracts.
Help us say, “That Ain’t Right!”: https://ppls.ac/att
#ATTLovesICE #DropTheContractsATT
Help us say, “That Ain’t Right!”: https://ppls.ac/att
#ATTLovesICE #DropTheContractsATT
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We're taking action tomorrow to get AT&T to drop its contracts with ICE/DHS/CBP! What should we name our giant puppet?
- Fashy the Clown
- Greg Bovino
- Michael the Icicle
- ATTilla the Hun
- Evil Mr. Ice Man
- Greedy McIceFace
Find an action near you: https://ppls.ac/att
- Fashy the Clown
- Greg Bovino
- Michael the Icicle
- ATTilla the Hun
- Evil Mr. Ice Man
- Greedy McIceFace
Find an action near you: https://ppls.ac/att
November 15, 2025 at 8:40 PM
We're taking action tomorrow to get AT&T to drop its contracts with ICE/DHS/CBP! What should we name our giant puppet?
- Fashy the Clown
- Greg Bovino
- Michael the Icicle
- ATTilla the Hun
- Evil Mr. Ice Man
- Greedy McIceFace
Find an action near you: https://ppls.ac/att
- Fashy the Clown
- Greg Bovino
- Michael the Icicle
- ATTilla the Hun
- Evil Mr. Ice Man
- Greedy McIceFace
Find an action near you: https://ppls.ac/att
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When our communities are under attack, what do we do? Stand up, fight back!
ICE/CBP/DHS are identifying and pursuing our neighbors, and AT&T is making millions of their contract.
Let's tell them that ain't right together! Text DROPICE to 51767 or visit actionnetwork.org/petitions/att
ICE/CBP/DHS are identifying and pursuing our neighbors, and AT&T is making millions of their contract.
Let's tell them that ain't right together! Text DROPICE to 51767 or visit actionnetwork.org/petitions/att
November 16, 2025 at 10:44 PM
When our communities are under attack, what do we do? Stand up, fight back!
ICE/CBP/DHS are identifying and pursuing our neighbors, and AT&T is making millions of their contract.
Let's tell them that ain't right together! Text DROPICE to 51767 or visit actionnetwork.org/petitions/att
ICE/CBP/DHS are identifying and pursuing our neighbors, and AT&T is making millions of their contract.
Let's tell them that ain't right together! Text DROPICE to 51767 or visit actionnetwork.org/petitions/att
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Does your phone carrier contract with ICE? If it's AT&T, yes.
Let's tell them that ain't right together! Text DROPICE to 51767 or visit actionnetwork.org/petitions/att or our link in bio. @pplsaction.bsky.social
#AT&TLovesICE #StopTheRaids #PeopleOverProfit #FightForCommunities
Let's tell them that ain't right together! Text DROPICE to 51767 or visit actionnetwork.org/petitions/att or our link in bio. @pplsaction.bsky.social
#AT&TLovesICE #StopTheRaids #PeopleOverProfit #FightForCommunities
November 16, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Does your phone carrier contract with ICE? If it's AT&T, yes.
Let's tell them that ain't right together! Text DROPICE to 51767 or visit actionnetwork.org/petitions/att or our link in bio. @pplsaction.bsky.social
#AT&TLovesICE #StopTheRaids #PeopleOverProfit #FightForCommunities
Let's tell them that ain't right together! Text DROPICE to 51767 or visit actionnetwork.org/petitions/att or our link in bio. @pplsaction.bsky.social
#AT&TLovesICE #StopTheRaids #PeopleOverProfit #FightForCommunities