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Public banking can help bridge the racial wealth gap in the post-pandemic recovery

By Ameya Pawar and Harish I. Patel | July 7, 2020

By using public money to create local funds, public banks can reverse decades of racist disinvestment to repair Black and Brown communities hardest hit by the COVID-19 recession.

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America’s Black female mayors face dual crises of COVID-19 and protests – but these women are used to uphill battles

By Sharon Austin | July 2, 2020

Four decades after Ellen Craig-Jones of Urbancrest, Ohio, became the US’s first Black woman mayor, seven of the nation’s largest cities are lead by Black women. And what a time to be in charge.

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¿Qué está abierto en tu región? Resumen del plan de reapertura del estado de Illinois

By David Eads, Paula Friedrich, Al Keefe, Asraa Mustufa and Becky Vevea | June 26, 2020

Busca por dirección y rastrea las etapas de las regiones y niveles creados bajo el plan de reapertura del Gob. J.B. Pritzker para eliminar las órdenes de quedarse en casa, esto a medida que transcurre la pandemia.

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Forgotten: Stateville inmates warn of rising COVID-19 outbreak behind bars

By Anabel Mendoza | June 26, 2020

In letters and interviews, men inside the facility describe conditions they say are continuing to drive infections at the Illinois prison hardest hit by coronavirus.

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ROUNDUP: Policing and pandemic politics take center stage in Chicago

By Asraa Mustufa | June 19, 2020

The racial reckoning ignited by the police killing of George Floyd played out on city streets and at City Hall as Illinois gradually reopens from COVID-19 restrictions.

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Asian Americans invisible in COVID-19 data and in public health response

By Namratha Kandula and Nilay Shah | June 16, 2020

In Illinois and beyond, specific action is needed to better understand how the pandemic is impacting Asian American communities especially at risk of infection.

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ROUNDUP: An extraordinary week of uprising, racial discord and resilience as Chicago and Illinois begin to reopen

By Asraa Mustufa | June 5, 2020

Massive protests over the police killing of George Floyd engulfed the city, state and nation as local communities and businesses face a tougher road to recovery amid widespread looting and vandalism.

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Senior Citizens in Subsidized Housing Have Been Dying Alone at Home, Unnoticed Because of Coronavirus Distancing

By Mick Dumke, ProPublica Illinois and Haru Coryne, ProPublica Illinois | June 4, 2020

The patchwork system of well-being checks in some of Chicago’s public and subsidized housing was not enough to prevent deaths in heartbreaking circumstances.

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ROUNDUP: As Illinois reopens, pandemic response leaves hardest hit behind

By Asraa Mustufa | May 29, 2020

Here’s what we’re reading as Illinois and Chicago prepare to advance into the next phase of reopening businesses and public spaces.

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Poor and black ‘invisible cyclists’ need to be part of post-pandemic transport planning too

By Julian Agyeman | May 29, 2020

Low-income and minority groups are often reliant on cheaper modes of transport, but many find cycling to work problematic.

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