Many families fleeing the poorest pockets of the city are ending up in cash-strapped school systems in the suburbs and northwest Indiana.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
Bringing more affordable housing to Chicago requires policy, not politics
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After years of unfulfilled promises and inadequate housing initiatives, it’s time for elected officials to get serious about integrating the city.
Behind the Data
How Illinois obscures racial disparities in school discipline data
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The state is legally required to publish data on the race and ethnicity of students who are disciplined in schools. Here’s why that’s not happening.
Education
As school discipline disparities worsen, Illinois has yet to require reforms
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The state has stalled on requiring school districts with the highest suspension and expulsion rates to improve.
Perspectives
How aldermen maintain segregation in Chicago
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For nearly a century, aldermanic prerogative has stymied the development of affordable housing by creating a patchwork of zoning control unique to Chicago.
Perspectives
Supreme Court validates Trump’s ‘fake news’ justification for travel ban
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The Muslim ban was never about national security. It’s another way immigration policy is being used as a weapon against people of color.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
From police to schools to transit, a crisis of accountability in Chicago
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As Rahm Emanuel courts flashy projects amid a slew of scandals, it seems the mayor is more accountable to big-money donors than to neighborhood constituents.
Empty Schools, Empty Promises
Lawsuit seeks to stop school closing, alleging racial discrimination
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National Teachers Academy parents argue that Chicago’s plan is discriminatory towards the top-ranked South Loop school’s mostly low-income and African-American students.
Beyond 95th Street
Instead of extending the Red Line, some see promise in the Metra Electric
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Converting the Metra Electric District main line into rapid transit could be a quicker, cheaper way to improve transit on the South Side than building more Red Line stations, advocates say.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
Arrestees not getting speedy access to counsel in Chicago
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The Chicago Police Department fails to follow the law and its own directives to allow those in custody a phone call to a lawyer within one hour of arrest, advocates say.
Perspectives
Worker-owned co-ops: a model to build wealth for low-income communities in Chicago
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Illinois law stops worker-owned cooperatives from being established as businesses in Chicago, a city ripe to join the national movement to democratize local economies.