Chicago Reporter (https://www.chicagoreporter.com/category/perspectives/page/2/)
For economically strapped Americans, the financial fallout from the epidemic may be permanently embedded in their digital profiles, making it harder for them to regain their economic footing.
The militarization of local police departments has been associated with an increase in police violence against citizens.
Restorative justice programs have already proven effective at Chicago Public Schools, but lack the level of funding budgeted for the district’s contract with the Chicago Police Department.
In an interview with The Chicago Reporter, the local organizer explains why ongoing mass demonstrations in response to the police killing of George Floyd are different from those about Laquan McDonald five years ago.
The Chicago Black Panther Party, Rainbow Coalition, the Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement and other historical organizing projects point to the possibilities for harnessing the vast mobilization of outrage we’re seeing today.
The fear of black students and white savior ideology in educators and policymakers is keeping police in under-resourced schools despite their role in the school-to-prison pipeline and the well-known harm to students.
The subjugation of black people, enforced by violence and embedded in capitalism, has been the through line of American history.
Low-income and minority groups are often reliant on cheaper modes of transport, but many find cycling to work problematic.
Neighborhood characteristics like pollution from busy roads, widespread public transit use and lack of community-based health care are putting certain communities at greater risk from COVID-19.
George Floyd’s horrifying death at the hands of Minneapolis police underscores the urgent need to continue working towards reforms outlined in the consent decree at the Chicago Police Department.