Race and Culture
In Kenwood, black picket fences
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Black middle-class families are drawn to South Side neighborhoods like Kenwood, but the city’s long history of segregation casts a shadow on their quality of life.
Race and Culture
Families of police shooting victims form bonds built on loss
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From Emmett Till to Rekia Boyd, generations of families affected by racial violence find solace by supporting each other’s struggles.
Criminal Justice
As police commander’s trial nears, a ‘black in blue’ legacy is in the spotlight
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Chicago’s Afro-American Patrolmen’s League worked to increase the ranks of black police officers and stop police abuse in the city’s African-American community. Today, many in the community say the system matters more than the race of the police officer.
Gallery
Halsted Street, a cross section of Chicago
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A journey across Halsted, Chicago’s second longest street, showcases the city’s history, cultural diversity and economic stratification.
Gallery
They call it Little Palestine
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Bridgeview and neighboring suburbs have become a hub for Arab American life in the Chicago area and nationwide.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
Racist history of ‘right to work’ shows threat to black, Latino workers
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With “right to work” rhetoric increasing in Illinois and threatening workers — especially blacks and Latinos — who benefit from organized-labor movements, it’s worth recalling the first proponent of this anti-union agenda.
Gallery
Our neighborhood pick: West Humboldt Park
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West Humboldt Park is a working class community with a rich Puerto Rican heritage — although demographics are shifting as gentrification creeps westward. Take a walk through the neighborhood and you will find a thriving arts community, residents who are engaged in anti-violence efforts and longtime business owners who hope things don’t change too much.
Gallery
Chicago commemorates the life of the “Little Warrior” Rev. Willie T. Barrow
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Hundreds gathered Thursday at Rainbow/PUSH headquarters on the South Side to celebrate the life of long-time civil rights leader Rev. Willie T. Barrow.
Q&A
Talking in codes
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Ian Haney-López, a professor at the University of California at Berkeley and a leading scholar of critical race theory, talks with Editor and Publisher Susan Smith Richardson about his new book, “Dog Whistle Politics: How Coded Racial Appeals Have Reinvented Racism and Wrecked the Middle Class.”
Race and Culture
Controversial TV show portrayals of Asian-Americans spark dialogue
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ABC sitcom “Fresh Off the Boat” stirs mixed emotions for some Chicago-area Asian-Americans, who are glad the show features their culture, but worry that falling back on stereotypes may do more harm than good.