In Chicago, the president of the school board, Rev. Mitchell Johnson, has stepped down just a week after his appointment. The reason? His social media posts were found to be antisemitic, misogynistic, and supportive of a conspiracy theory about the 9/11 attacks. Mayor Brandon Johnson asked for his r
Lately, Chicagoans have been finding some strange mailers on their doorsteps. These aren't your usual flyers; they're ads for the upcoming school board election. With 31 candidates vying for 10 seats, the race is heating up. Both the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) and groups supporting charter schools
Windows 11's latest update, 24H2, has turned out to be a real headache for Microsoft and users with Intel motherboards. The update is causing these motherboards to crash, requiring users to fiddle with their BIOS settings to get their systems back online. The problem seems to occur on various Z890 m
Imagine you're walking down the streets of Chicago and you see a group of people holding up giant blown-up checks. These aren't just any checks, but ones showing huge investments from billionaires in the upcoming school board elections. That's right, billionaires from outside Illinois are pouring mo
American Airlines is trying out an innovative boarding system at three airports to keep line cutters in check. The tech, under testing at Albuquerque International Sunport Airport, Tucson International Airport, and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, makes a noise when someone tries to board
Ever felt frustrated when someone jumps the line to board a plane? American Airlines is testing a new system at three airports to tackle this issue. The technology, being trialed at Albuquerque, Tucson, and Washington's Ronald Reagan airport, uses sound alerts to nudge gate agents when someone tries
Board games have become a popular way to unplug from screens and enjoy time with friends and family. This year's Black Friday offers some amazing deals on top games. Let's dive in and see what's hot. "Color Detective" is a social game where you guess what color your friends describe. It's perfect f
On Friday, President Joe Biden did something no other sitting U. S. president has ever done: he apologized for the brutal treatment of Indigenous children in boarding schools. For 150 years, the U. S. government took children away from their homes and families, forcing them into schools where they w
President Joe Biden visited the Gila River Indian Community in Arizona to formally apologize for the government-run boarding school policy that separated Native American children from their families. This policy, which aimed to assimilate children into white society, lasted for over 150 years and re
Let's talk about what happened in Chicago recently. The Chicago City Council wanted to chat about some big money problems in their school system. They invited the CEO of Chicago Public Schools and both the old and new members of the Chicago Board of Education to discuss. Guess who didn't show up? No
