Chicago mayor faces backlash for asking students to work on campaign for credit

Lori Lightfoot’s office asked teachers to encourage their students to submit résumés in exchange for ‘class credit’

Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot is facing criticism after her office attempted to recruit students with school credit to help with her re-election campaign.

Emails encouraging students to volunteer were sent to several Chicago Public School (CPS) teachers’ work emails from Megan Crane, who identifies herself as Lightfoot’s deputy campaign manager on LinkedIn.