Only two countries charge people who seek asylum fees. The rationale for not doing that is clear.
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The Chicago police union’s ‘alternative facts’ on police reform
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Fraternal Order of Police President Kevin Graham continues to stonewall on adopting measures that are standard practice at departments across the country.
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The case for African American reparations, explained
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Thanks to demographic and political changes, Democratic contenders are addressing this issue for the first time.
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Where will the jobs go? Next chapter in Lincoln Yards saga offers few answers
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With a new mayor and a lawsuit challenging the Lincoln Yards TIF, basic questions about the future of the industrial corridor may be open again.
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Police in schools, gang database scandals offer Lightfoot first test on reform
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While the Chicago Police Department ignores official recommendations for community engagement, students and communities of color continue to be criminalized.
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Chicago’s gangs have changed. Our violence intervention strategies should too.
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To address the changing dynamics of gang activity, Chicago needs to combat concentrated poverty in African-American neighborhoods instead of continuing to criminally target economically disenfranchised youth.
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Lincoln Yards investor Lone Star Funds accused of predatory lending
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Lone Star Funds, one of two major investors in the TIF-backed Lincoln Yards project, has a business model that aggressively drives up foreclosures and evictions in low-income communities, according to reports.
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A new Chicago Way? Lightfoot and progressives poised to change the city’s direction
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The watershed mayoral election ushers in a new political landscape, setting the stage for a crop of young activists joining the City Council.
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Will Chicago’s mayoral runoff signal the end of the ‘rainbow’ coalition?
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With a black mayor at the helm once again, it remains to be seen whether a Harold Washington-style African-American and Latino coalition can emerge to fight for socioeconomic and political parity with whites in Chicago.
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A perplexed progressive’s guide to Chicago’s mayoral election
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Heated rhetoric in the race between Lori Lightfoot and Toni Preckwinkle obscures consensus on a broad range of policy proposals.
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Lightfoot’s long, complicated record on policing easy to distort
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The mayoral candidate’s reformist persona is being challenged by hardline police accountability activists.