A roundup of coverage marking 50 years since Illinois Black Panthers Party leaders were killed by Chicago police, an event that’s had lasting repercussions for the city and country.
Perspectives
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.
Education
Students of color take biggest hit in Illinois higher education funding crisis
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The state budget standoff jeopardizes college access & affordability for low-income, first-generation students who depend most heavily on state aid and publicly funded universities like Chicago State.
Education
Mix-up in poverty counts puts school budgets in jeopardy
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District officials are warning principals that their schools may lose poverty dollars due to an inexplicable undercount of low-income students this year.
Education
Low-income students left out of Illinois gifted programs: Report
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A report from a new Illinois education organization finds that low-income, black and Hispanic students are underrepresented in gifted programs in school districts.
Education
Most vulnerable CPS students suspended most often
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A new report from the Consortium on Chicago Schools Research offers a sobering look at racial disparities in disciplinary actions at CPS high schools. Among the findings: 30 percent of high school students with a documented history of being abused or neglected were suspended in the 2013-2014 school year.
Education
TCR Talks: Helping youth find a voice
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As Jeff McCarter made his way in the media industry, he noticed a lack of diversity. So in 2001, he founded Free Spirit Media, an organization that trains Chicago’s young people to tell their own stories.
Education
Words are their weapons
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Each year Louder Than a Bomb puts more than 1,000 young poets from Chicago-area middle and high schools together in a furious battle of words that validates and celebrates their view of the world. Here are some of their works.
Education
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Wreck-It-Rahm
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A poem by David Holmes, Alicia Hinton, Dallas Battle and Kenyatta Tolbert, aka Team Englewood.
Education
A natural history of the queer black body
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A poem by Dominique Chestand, a teaching artist with Young Chicago Authors.
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