Protests are planned for Black Friday in response to retailer closing two South Side locations.
Perspectives
Fifty years later, what the Kerner report tells us about race in Chicago today
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Many of the city’s racial disparities in 2018 are all too similar to those of 1968, when a federal commission analyzed the causes of racial tensions in cities across the country.
Black History Month
Black America’s distrust of banks rooted in Reconstruction
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The failure of the Freedman’s Bank caused many recently emancipated African-Americans to lose their savings.
Perspectives
Harold Washington’s legacy provided touchstones for progressive politics
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Washington died not long after winning control of the City Council and re-election. Despite the political challenges he faced, his accomplishments pointed the way toward a more inclusive and fiscally sound Chicago.
Economic Development
Obama library heightens debate over promise and peril of development
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Given Woodlawn’s history, neighborhood organizers want to ensure the presidential center will benefit black residents, not displace them.
Perspectives
Why the Obama library needs a community benefits agreement
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Despite Barack Obama’s verbal assurances that his presidential center will benefit the surrounding community, many residents want a written guarantee that black families won’t be pushed out.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
Subsidizing Amazon won’t pay off for Illinois taxpayers
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Public investment in infrastructure and schools would create more jobs than corporate incentives, a new analysis shows.
TCR Talks
What segregation is costing Chicago
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A new study quantifies how much the region is losing in lives, income, gross domestic product, and educational achievement due to its high level of racial and economic segregation.
Transportation
Cook County plan links transportation and racial equity
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By directing gas tax revenue from criminal justice to roads, Cook County may add millions to next year’s transportation budget.
TCR Talks
Banking on the black community
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African-American financial institutions are a path to neighborhood reinvestment, says Gregg H. Brown of the South Side Community Federal Credit Union.
Economic Development
Revamped Metra Electric could put South Side on the fast track
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A new coalition says improving the rail line would help low-income workers get to jobs and jump start new businesses.