The district’s most vulnerable students often end up in alternative schools that are especially under-resourced to cope with the trauma of gun violence.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
Police consent decree report raises ‘alarm signals’ for next superintendent
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The independent monitor’s first report finds that the Chicago Police Department is behind in implementing required reforms on use of force, accountability and community engagement.
Blog del Editor
Cómo LATINEXT abordará las necesidades de noticias de la comunidad Latinx de Chicagoland
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El cierre de Hoy resalta la urgencia de encontrar un modelo nuevo, receptivo y sostenible para el periodismo en español de alta calidad en los extensos y crecientes desiertos de noticias fuera de los límites de la ciudad.
Editor's Blog
How LATINEXT will address the news needs of Chicagoland’s Latinx community
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Hoy’s closure highlights the urgency for a new, responsive and sustainable model for high quality Spanish language journalism to address the vast and growing news deserts outside of city limits.
Government and Politics
Marijuana dispensary rollout illustrates fears that social equity measures are just blowing smoke
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As legalization looms, Chicago’s Black Caucus voices concerns that the emerging recreational pot industry is rigged for white operators.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
Study: Restaurant industry thrives in cities that have eliminated subminimum wage
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As Mayor Lori Lightfoot and City Council members debate changes to how Chicago’s tipped workers are paid, a new report highlights how other cities have fared after eliminating the subminimum wage.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
Lightfoot’s rideshare fee plan improves equity, but why not tax Uber and Lyft directly?
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The mayor’s proposal to relieve congestion and boost public transportation will cost solo riders in affluent areas the most, but there are other, more progressive options.
Criminal Justice
Chicago’s new interim top cop Charlie Beck comes with a Black Lives Matter warning
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After three ‘tumultuous’ years, Superintendent Eddie Johnson’s resignation raises questions about police reform as a former LAPD chief steps in.
Criminal Justice
Has weed been overpoliced in your neighborhood? Map shows where entrepreneurs could qualify for a boost
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Living in an area disproportionately impacted by marijuana arrests can be a plus on your cannabis business application in Illinois, one of several “social equity” measures accompanying legalization next year.
Criminal Justice
Laquan McDonald activists want federal civil rights charges filed against Jason Van Dyke and other officers
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William Calloway said organizers will consider a mass protest on Black Friday if they don’t get a response from U.S. Attorney John Lausch.
Criminal Justice
Stop-and-frisk down 80% in Chicago but Black and Latinx people still hit the hardest, judge finds
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President Donald Trump took aim at the Chicago Police Department as a new report details reform efforts ushered in by an agreement with the ACLU.