Facing steep budget deficits and escalating income inequality, Mayor Lori Lightfoot should consider a graduated payroll tax and other ways to make corporations pay their fair share.
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Black Americans, crucial workers in crises, emerge worse off – not better
In many national crises, black Americans have been essential workers – but serving in crucial roles has not resulted in economic equality.
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Coronavirus lockdowns are pushing mass transit systems to the brink – and low-income riders will pay the price
One in 5 of the poorest US households don’t have a car and rely on public transportation to get around.
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Fair tax: the other most consequential vote Illinoisans will be making this November
Irrational scare tactics and myths shouldn’t obscure a proposal that will determine whether the state can move beyond its perpetual fiscal crisis and begin to fund education adequately.
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Minorities face more obstacles to a lifesaving organ transplant
Although certain racial minorities are more likely to be diagnosed with organ failure, they are less likely to be transplanted. What’s behind the gap?
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Chicago’s closed schools should be redesigned for safe post-pandemic learning in Black neighborhoods
School buildings notoriously shuttered by Chicago Public Schools in 2013 could now be used to facilitate classroom social distancing, especially in communities hardest hit by COVID-19.
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Black Americans mostly left behind by progress since Dr. King’s death
A minority politics scholar assesses black progress 52 years after MLK’s death based on poverty, jobs and wealth. ‘In some ways,’ she concludes, ‘we’ve barely budged as a people.’
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How the richest Americans benefited the most from the US economy’s longest ever expansion – in 3 charts
Most of the gains from the record economy went to those at the top, while everyone else saw much smaller gains – if any – in income and wealth.
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Why I’m joining The Chicago Reporter as senior editor of design and delivery
David Eads will build on the Reporter’s dogged legacy of investigating race, poverty, and income inequality by creating journalism experiences that are accessible and actionable for the public.
