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COVID-19 affects Illinois’ local Latino-run soccer industry from the bottom up

By Rita Oceguera | December 14, 2020

The soccer team Santas plays a match at Seven Bridges Ice Arena in Woodridge, Illinois. (Photo by Rita Oceguera/The Chicago Reporter)

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AURORA, Ill. – The first thing visitors hear opening the door of the facility is Spanish music. While the sound makes it seem as if nothing has changed, the building is still. The children who once ran freely, spilling chips as they chased one another, are gone.The screaming mothers and friends at the sidelines are no longer there.

How Black women cleared a path for Kamala Harris to be the Democrats' VP pick

The Fair Tax Amendment: Why the 'Illinois Exodus' could be a red herring

Obama Presidential Center site plan

Given $1.2 billion budget shortfall, can Chicago still ‘afford’ Obama Presidential Center?

Aerial view of disposal facility located on Lake Michigan’s shore near 95th Street

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Perspectives: The Powers That Be

Latrell Allen police shooting exposes gaps in body camera and foot pursuit policies

By Curtis Black | August 14, 2020

Despite a consent decree and the Justice Department’s flagging of Chicago’s lacking foot pursuit and body camera policies back in 2017, reforms have been slow to come.

Perspectives: The Powers That Be

South Side’s maternal health desert poses added risks for Black women during pandemic

By Curtis Black | July 29, 2020

The planned closing of Mercy Hospital underscores the dramatic loss of maternity services in Chicago over the past year — reflecting the failure of local government agencies to adequately fund critical services in vulnerable communities, advocates say.

Perspectives: The Powers That Be

Social justice movement should focus on passing Fair Tax Amendment this November

By Curtis Black | July 23, 2020

The latest Springfield scandal shouldn’t stop the drive for a graduated income tax to fund programs that promote equity and opportunity as Illinois contends with unprecedented crises and growing income inequality.

Perspectives: The Powers That Be

Stephen Douglas and the ‘right side’ of history

By Curtis Black | July 17, 2020

As memorials to the notorious Civil War era politician get challenged, Douglas’ legacy may offer lessons for the path forward in addressing racism and police brutality.

Perspectives: The Powers That Be

Work-share program can save Illinois jobs at no cost to the state

By Curtis Black | July 8, 2020

The Pritzker administration can increase incomes and shore up struggling employers by finally implementing a program that allows workers to stay on the job at reduced hours on partial unemployment insurance.

Perspectives: The Powers That Be

Community oversight or control? Coalitions meet on competing police accountability proposals

By Curtis Black | July 1, 2020

Both the Grassroots Alliance for Police Accountability and the Civilian Police Accountability Council campaigns want to maximize the community’s role in selecting public safety leaders.

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Denying arrestees access to lawyers a longstanding problem at the Chicago Police Department

By Curtis Black | June 25, 2020

A lawsuit became necessary after Mayor Lori Lightfoot failed to back an ordinance on the immediate right to legal counsel in police custody, a measure called for by her Police Accountability Task Force four years ago, advocates say.

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What’s the alternative to police in schools? Restorative justice.

By Curtis Black | June 11, 2020

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.

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To mobilize outrage over George Floyd’s killing, look to lessons of social movements past

By Curtis Black | June 4, 2020

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.

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Chicago needs new use-of-force policy that bans chokeholds

By Curtis Black | May 28, 2020

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.

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