5 reasons the Chicago teachers’ strike is immoral; Podcast on the conversion of Kanye West and his new album "Jesus is King"
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5 reasons the Chicago teachers’ strike is immoral
By Rev. Ben Johnson • October 30, 2019
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The Chicago Public School (CPS) system’s 361,314 registered students are starting their tenth day at home this morning, as their teachers union strikes for its fourteenth cumulative day. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders have publicly supported the 32,000 teachers and school staff on the picket line. CPS teachers are striking for higher pay, but their union’s demands include (among others) reducing average class size, a shorter school day, a “moratorium on the expansion of charter schools,” declaring schools an immigration sanctuary area, and adopting a “culturally relevant curriculum.” The union also added an "eleventh hour" demand that the mayor support statewide legislation that would increase the number of issues over which the union can strike. It also remains steadfast in its demand that teachers have 45 minutes paid "preparation time," shortening the amount of instruction children would get by half an hour each day. In effect, the Chicago Teachers Union is prolonging this strike for the right to teach less now and strike more often in the future. As of this writing, the two sides remain incapable of reaching an agreement. A school strike is not a moral reaction for the following five reasons.
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Acton Line podcast: The conversion of Kanye West; What Wilhelm Röpke has to say about our digital age
October 30, 2019
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In just the first week of the release of Kanye West's new explicitly Christian record "Jesus is King," it's outsold his previous album "Ye," projected to sell 225-275k copies. In addition to comments regarding his conversion to Christianity, he's dominated cultural conversation with increasingly conservative opinions, addressing everything from the importance of communities, to local churches and even in a recent interview, condemning abortion. Andrew T. Walker from ERLC comes on to the show to break down reactions to Kanye's conversion, new artistic direction and cultural influence. On the second segment, Bulgarian economist Stefan Kolev explains the relevance of the 20th century German economist Wilhelm Röpke, and lays out how Röpke's thoughts on community are applicable in our digital age.
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