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With Chicago Tired of "Mayor 1%," Chuy García Could Actually Win His Runoff with Rahm Emanuel

Kari Lydersen In These Times
While money poured into the recent mayoral and aldermanic elections, voters showed that they are tired of business as usual. Chicago has been portrayed internationally as a symbol of the growing chasm between America's haves and have-nots, the 1% and the 99%, a "tale of two cities." The concept worth contemplating now is that Chuy García could actually win. It would be a story for the ages.

With Chicago Tired of "Mayor 1%," Chuy García Could Actually Win His Runoff with Rahm Emanuel

Kari Lydersen In These Times
While money poured into the recent mayoral and aldermanic elections, voters showed that they are tired of business as usual. Chicago has been portrayed internationally as a symbol of the growing chasm between America's haves and have-nots, the 1% and the 99%, a "tale of two cities." The concept worth contemplating now is that Chuy García could actually win. It would be a story for the ages.

ay Area Workers and Unions Finance the Fracking Boom

Darwin BondGraham East Bay Express
Even though many Bay Area unions are opposed to fracking their pension funds continue to invest money in the companies carrying out this work. It is a problem they are trying to solve.

Bay Area Workers and Unions Finance the Fracking Boom

Darwin BondGraham East Bay Express
Despite the opposition of many Bay Area workers and their unions are to fracking they are finding, much to their dismay, that their pension funds are being invested in the fossil fuel industry.

Syriza wins time—and space

Étienne Balibar and Sandro Mezzadra Verso
Alongside the comments made by Costas Lapavitsas and Stathis Kouvelakis on the Greek government's "capitulation" in the Eurogroup negotiations, Étienne Balibar and Sandro Mezzadra argue for a different approach to the present moment.

Christie Broke Law With Pension Move, New Jersey Judge Says

Kate Zernike The New York Times
The decision that Mr.Christie violated state law when he declined to make the full payment into the state’s pension system for public employees further complicates his hopes of reviving his presidential ambitions.

Bias, Black Lives, and Academic Medicine

David A. Ansell, M.D., M.P.H., and Edwin K. McDonald, M.D. The New England Journal of Medicine
What are the systemic biases within academic medical centers, and what do they have to do with black lives? Two observations about health care disparities may be relevant.