Black Chicagoans are leaving the city, and an unexamined history of racial discrimination may be to blame.
Tag: African-Americans
Posted inNews & Politics
J.B. Pritzker talks race politics
Why should millennials vote for him? Legalized weed.
Posted inBest of Chicago
Reevaluating why you stay in Chicago can be therapeutic
As loved ones leave the city, consider the pros of sticking around.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Black Americans get a raw deal from Trump’s ‘new deal’ platform
Don’t believe the hype: Black lives still don’t matter to the president-elect.
Posted inBlogs
A brief visual history of black voter mobilization in Chicago
Check out these archival photos of moments in the history of black voter mobilization in Chicago.
Posted inBlogs
‘Most cops are wonderful people’ and the usual blah blah blah
The Washington Post‘s Kathleen Parker includes a “necessary” qualifier in writing about McKinney, Texas.
Posted inBlogs
Could reparations for African-Americans help reduce violence?
A conversation with veteran reparations activist and political organizer Conrad Worrill.
Posted inNews & Politics
The trials of a neighborhood high school
Wells Community Academy in West Town has many problems—and some rare successes. Can it survive?
Posted inArts & Culture
Solidarity in the American south in “Beyond Swastika and Jim Crow”
A new exhibit looks at young African-American scholars in the Jim Crow era—and the German Jewish refugees who taught them.
Posted inBlogs
Uncounted prisoners and the race gap
A new book argues that national surveys don’t tell the whole story.
Posted inBlogs
Racial integration is possible in Chicago
In a city with a sordid history of segregation, there are beacons of light and reasons to be thankful
Posted inBlogs
The terminal illnesses of poverty and segregation
On the persistent poor health of African-Americans
Posted inBlogs
Today’s marijuana lesson comes from New York City
How Chicago can take a cue from New York City on pot possession.