Chicago Mayor’s Race Heats Up as Democrats Ready to Oust Johnson

The field of candidates running to replace Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson next year is growing, setting the stage for a contentious election that will see progressive and moderate Democrats battle to lead the third-largest city in the US.

Taking aim at Brandon Johnson’s revolving door of senior leadership, Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias joined the race for mayor Sunday, portraying himself as the coalition builder needed to solve Chicago’s enormous problems. Giannoulias enters the race as a presumed frontrunner with a political target on h

Stacy Davis Gates says she'll personally collect petition signatures for Brandon Johnson's re-election bid, praising his billion-dollar school funding.

The largest teachers’ unions and associations in the country are now using their massive reach to pressure tech companies to integrate left-wing political ideologies into AI tools before K-12 schools adopt them. In a new groundbreaking report, Defending Education found that the National Education Association (NEA), Ame