Chicago Reporter (https://www.chicagoreporter.com/author/curtis-black/page/2/)
Curtis is an opinion writer for The Chicago Reporter.
Unlike the one-time solutions Mayor Lori Lightfoot offered in her budget proposal, a local income tax could help stabilize Chicago’s finances long-term.
Lori Lightfoot is not actually Rahm 2.0, and demonizing her risks isolating progressive voices vital to the Chicago’s future.
To win support from voters and the City Council, the mayor will have to address budget shortfalls while reducing regressive taxation and responding to demands for better services and economic development in long-neglected communities.
Despite common ground with Mayor Lori Lightfoot, disagreement on Chicago Public Schools’ financial position and who manages control over staffing decisions is pushing the teachers union to strike.
For years, Immigration and Customs Enforcement has failed to follow its own policies by deporting veterans who may be eligible for citizenship.
The remarkable flowering of the arts reflecting the Black Power movement of the 1960s and ‘70s was guided by a philosophy of self-determination.
With the city facing a budget crisis, the CHA may be best positioned to address Chicago’s affordable housing crisis.
The Jan and Aagje Ton Farm on the far South Side joins Quinn Chapel AME Church, the Crete Congregational Church and the I & M Canal Headquarters in Lockport.
Family-supporting jobs could be threatened in a longtime manufacturing district, while many issues remain unresolved following the dismissal of a lawsuit challenging the Lincoln Yards TIF district.
The Woodlawn developer continued to land millions in public housing contracts despite his decades-long record of self-dealing and mismanagement.