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color photograph of a Black man holding a white picket sign with handwritten text that reads "world leaders! reparations for slavery now!"
Posted inCrime, Reform & Abolition

Movements of hope: Abolition and reparations in these times

by Trevor Smith and David Ragland August 28th, 2023August 28th, 2023

Fighting racial capitalism and white supremacy is key to closing the “hope gap” between wanting and achieving reparations and abolition

color photograph of a protester wearing a black winter coat and holding a cardboard sign with handwritten text that reads "abolish the police"
Posted inCrime, Reform & Abolition

Probe of Chicago police’s alleged sexual crimes exposes asylum-seekers’ vulnerability

by Maurizio Guerrero July 25th, 2023July 25th, 2023
color photograph of a black man holding a large white poster with red text reading "police torture victim" and "justice delayed is justice denied"
Posted inCrime, Reform & Abolition

Chicago police torture memorial finally moves forward, but police violence continues

by Noah Berlatsky June 30th, 2023July 5th, 2023
color photograph of a Latinx man with buzzed hair wearing a black t-shirt and blue jeans setting down plates at a round wooden table at a restaurant.
Posted inEconomy & Workers' Rights

Illinois law mandates paid leave for workers—that they can take for any reason

by Allison Torres Burtka June 5th, 2023June 5th, 2023
color photograph of a Black woman holding a white paper poster with black ink that reads "Hey Rahm Emanuel re-open mental health clinics and stop cutting the poor." To her right is a line of four white male police officers. They stand in front of a single-family house with a black SUV in the driveway
Posted inCrime, Reform & Abolition

Advocates say Chicago’s 911 mental health response program is no replacement for public mental health centers

by Siobhan Neela-Stock May 3rd, 2023May 4th, 2023
color photograph of an outdoor protest against the police. in the foreground is a yellow sign in the shape of a police badge with red paper on the bottom shaped to look like blood dripping. black handwritten text reads "police city of chicago, you don't serve nor protect us"
Posted inCrime, Reform & Abolition

Caregivers on the front lines of Chicago’s abolitionist movement

by Makaelah Walters March 10th, 2023May 3rd, 2023
Posted inClimate & Environment

FEMA’s failure to account for climate change leaves BIPOC communities on the brink of disaster

by Ray Levy Uyeda February 14th, 2023March 14th, 2023
Posted inClimate & Environment

Mutual aid meets the needs of people affected by climate disasters

by Yvonne Marquez and Nexus Media News January 3rd, 2023January 3rd, 2023
Posted inImmigration

Community-based programs offer a true alternative for asylum-seekers 

by Maurizio Guerrero December 13th, 2022January 23rd, 2023
Posted inEducation

Roe’s fall puts sex education in jeopardy, especially for low-income students

by Xenia Ellenbogen November 23rd, 2022November 22nd, 2022

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