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"Civic Action Requires More Than Textbooks": Chicago To Subsidize May Day Protests By Teachers Authored by Jonathan Turley, The Chicago Public Schools are facing a major truancy problem…among teachers. The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) was up in arms over suggestions that classes should be held on May 1 when teachers wanted to be out protesting. Called International Workers’ Day, May Day is a global day of protest for socialist, communist, and unionist groups. The CTU was upset when parents objected that canceling a day of class for teachers to join a political protest...

Surging Services Costs Spark Unexpected Surge In US Producer Prices In January US Producer Prices came in hotter than expected in January, with the headline PPI rising 0.5% MoM (vs +0.3% exp), higher than the revised +0.4% MoM in December. This left Producer Prices up 2.9% YoY (hotter than expected but below December's +3.0%)... Source: Bloomberg Under the hood, we see a surge in Services costs (not tariff related) dominated the rise in PPI (while Energy saw deflation) Final demand services: The index for final demand services advanced 0.8% in January, the largest...