Our good friend and long-time Henry George School of Chicago board member and librarian Irene Marmi has died. She died on May 5, 2025. She was a delightful woman who had taken care of a number of elderly women until she herself was no longer able to do that work as her own health had …
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New mailing and shipping address
The box lobby of Loop Station of the Chicago Post Office hasn’t offered 24-hour access for a number of years. Mail for the box section hasn’t been put up on Saturdays for a number of years either. Due to higher fees and less convenient access, we surrendered our PO Box on October 30, 2023. Use …
Class Schedule for Fall 2023
Henry George School will be offering Introducing Progress and Poverty and two class during Fall 2023. Course Day/Time Starts Ends Sessions Instructor location Event Introducing Progress and Poverty (serves as first session of Progress and Poverty) 5:30 PM Thursday October 12 1 Chuck Metalitz Loop Basic Progress and Poverty (classic version) 5:30 PM Thursday October …
Capitalism, Socialism, Georgism at Platypus Affiliated Society, University of Chicago chapter
The Platypus Affiliated Society, University of Chicago chapter, has invited Chuck Metalitz to give a teach-in. It’s aimed at the university community, but all are welcome. Capitalism, Socialism, Georgism by Chuck Metalitz 5 pm till 7 pm Tuesday, February 21, 2023 Platypus Affiliated Society University of Chicago chapter Cobb Lecture Hall Room 102 5811 S …
Introducing Progress and Poverty
We’ll present Introducing Progress and Poverty 1 PM Sunday August 21 2022 ( Rogers Park Public Library, 6907 N Clark St, Chicago Illinois) and 6:15 PM Thursday September 15 (333 S Wabash Ave #2700 northeast corner of Van Buren St, Chicago Illinois) as the first session of the 10-week Progress and Poverty course. Please note …
Class schedule for Fall 2022
Henry George School will be offering two class during Fall 2022. Introductory course Progress and Poverty classic version 6:15 PM Thursday September 8 till November 17 Advanced course The Science of Political Economy 6:15 PM Tuesday September 6 till November 15 Both classes will be held at 333 S Wabash Ave #2700 Chicago, Illinois To …
Chicago Tribune housing inequity articles
Chicago Tribune used the fact that John Oliver did a segment on housing discrimination the July 25 2021 episode of Last Week Tonight on HBO as a hook to get people to read their own coverage of inequity in housing and property tax assessment. The effects of disinvestment in Chicago’s Black and Latino communities Research …
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Suburban Living for Most of Us: Evolution of Residential Development in Chicago’s Western Suburbs
David A. Wilson Video from Zoom Webinar David Wilson, author of the forthcoming book Towns Along the Q, will discuss the consequences of certain disastrous and discriminatory housing policies that he has become familiar with in the course of researching the topic, development of Chicago’s western suburbs along the Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railway. Use …
Has Illinois been able to reverse its worst-in-the-nation budget trends?
Video from Zoom Webinar Illinois has some of the nation’s top pension debt and decades of irresponsible budget-making. Another session of the General Assembly has come to a close. Were legislators able or willing to make progress in finally addressing these decades-old long-standing issues, or were they once again swept under the rug and put …
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Illinois Pension Solutions
Free presentation at 6:15 pm on Thursday, April 11, 2019 Michael Belsky, executive director Center for Municipal Finance at Harris School University of Chicago, will discuss ongoing research into the state and local pension crisis in Illinois. When: 6:15 pm Thursday April 11, 2019 Where: Signature Office 333 S Wabash Ave #2700 Chicago, IL 60604 …