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Curtis is an opinion writer for The Chicago Reporter.

Perspectives: The Powers That Be

Denying arrestees access to lawyers a longstanding problem at the Chicago Police Department

By Curtis Black | June 25, 2020

A lawsuit became necessary after Mayor Lori Lightfoot failed to back an ordinance on the immediate right to legal counsel in police custody, a measure called for by her Police Accountability Task Force four years ago, advocates say.

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What’s the alternative to police in schools? Restorative justice.

By Curtis Black | June 11, 2020

Restorative justice programs have already proven effective at Chicago Public Schools, but lack the level of funding budgeted for the district’s contract with the Chicago Police Department.

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To mobilize outrage over George Floyd’s killing, look to lessons of social movements past

By Curtis Black | June 4, 2020

The Chicago Black Panther Party, Rainbow Coalition, the Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement and other historical organizing projects point to the possibilities for harnessing the vast mobilization of outrage we’re seeing today.

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Chicago needs new use-of-force policy that bans chokeholds

By Curtis Black | May 28, 2020

George Floyd’s horrifying death at the hands of Minneapolis police underscores the urgent need to continue working towards reforms outlined in the consent decree at the Chicago Police Department.

Perspectives: The Powers That Be

Emergency housing relief proposed in Illinois to stave off mass evictions, foreclosures

By Curtis Black | May 19, 2020

To make rent cancellation work, legislators want to maximize a fund for landlords to recoup lost rental income while waiting for federal action.

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A model to prevent a wave of evictions in the wake of coronavirus recession

By Curtis Black | May 13, 2020

A new coalition in East Garfield Park is aiming to head off displacement, gentrification and a land grab by speculators by protecting affordable housing and heeding the lessons of 2008.

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Bail reform and bond funds do not undermine public safety

By Curtis Black | May 7, 2020

A recent Chicago Tribune investigation relies on incomplete data and cherry-picked anecdotes to attack the work of the Chicago Community Bond Fund and The Bail Project.

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Growing housing crisis must become a priority in coronavirus response

By Curtis Black | April 29, 2020

As residents wait on rent and mortgage relief on the state and federal levels, Chicago officials are using costly hotel rooms instead of vacant public housing units to shelter the homeless.

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Minority-owned businesses largely miss out on federal relief

By Curtis Black | April 22, 2020

Locals hope that the next round of Paycheck Protection Program loans won’t prioritize large, publicly-traded corporations over the hardest hit small businesses.

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Stimulus checks could be snapped up by debt collectors unless state does more to intervene

By Curtis Black | April 15, 2020

Gov. J.B. Pritzker has taken some steps to protect the payments, but more could be done to block payday lenders, consumer installment lenders, and debt collectors from taking CARES Act funds needed by families.

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