Donald Trump has some ideas about how to end homelessness in the US. Los Angeles’ recent experiences may be an important part of the discussion.
Perspectives
US citizenship applications are backlogged, prolonging the wait for civil and voting rights
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The backlog in naturalization applications has ballooned to more than 700,000. Wait times have doubled in the last three years.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
How the new head of the Chicago Housing Authority can forge a new direction for the agency
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With the city facing a budget crisis, the CHA may be best positioned to address Chicago’s affordable housing crisis.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
Fourth Illinois site joins national Underground Railroad registry
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The Jan and Aagje Ton Farm on the far South Side joins Quinn Chapel AME Church, the Crete Congregational Church and the I & M Canal Headquarters in Lockport.
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It’s high time someone studied marijuana taxes – so we did
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As marijuana taxes are imposed in more states, many recreational marijuana users might cross interstate borders to avoid them or even hoard stocks of weed in anticipation of them.
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All Chicago Public Schools’ educators want is everything that our students deserve
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I would rather teach and be in the classroom but I’m ready to strike — for every single one of my students, for all my future students and my two sons in CPS.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
Questions still loom on Lincoln Yards and TIF
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Family-supporting jobs could be threatened in a longtime manufacturing district, while many issues remain unresolved following the dismissal of a lawsuit challenging the Lincoln Yards TIF district.
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How to increase access to gifted programs for low-income and black and Latino children
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New York City could be on the verge of dismantling gifted programs at its elementary and middle schools. Taking that step could make things even worse for some of the children it aims to help.
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Why community-owned grocery stores like co-ops are the best recipe for revitalizing food deserts
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Prodded by Michelle Obama and other government leaders, Walmart and other major US retailers vowed to build hundreds of stores in food deserts. What happened?
Perspectives
Historically black colleges give graduates a wage boost
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Graduates of historically black colleges and universities make more than peers who went to other schools, according to new findings that refute prior research that showed they suffer a ‘wage penalty.’
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
The real scandal behind Leon Finney’s downfall
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The Woodlawn developer continued to land millions in public housing contracts despite his decades-long record of self-dealing and mismanagement.