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Curtis is an opinion writer for The Chicago Reporter.
While the Chicago Police Department ignores official recommendations for community engagement, students and communities of color continue to be criminalized.
Lone Star Funds, one of two major investors in the TIF-backed Lincoln Yards project, has a business model that aggressively drives up foreclosures and evictions in low-income communities, according to reports.
The watershed mayoral election ushers in a new political landscape, setting the stage for a crop of young activists joining the City Council.
Heated rhetoric in the race between Lori Lightfoot and Toni Preckwinkle obscures consensus on a broad range of policy proposals.
The mayoral candidate’s reformist persona is being challenged by hardline police accountability activists.
Longtime Ald. Patrick O’Connor, forced into a runoff for the first time, faces progressive challenger Andre Vasquez – and his record as a mayoral loyalist may not help him.
The outgoing mayor’s agenda to advance Lincoln Yards, the 78, and a new police academy shows no break with his record of ignoring community and ethical concerns to subsidize gentrification.
Frontrunners in the mayoral and aldermanic races ran campaigns against Rahm Emanuel’s record but will need to be pushed to clarify their progressive policy agendas for the runoff.
The City Council housing committee chairman went above and beyond his record of siding with landlords by filing an affidavit supporting a building owner who has donated thousands to his campaign.
Although they’re behind incumbents in funding, young progressives are getting major political support to replace some of the most powerful players in City Council.