Perspectives
Widening the tent for a multiracial labor movement
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Unions, which embraced black workers, must better address immigrant rights and the struggle against police violence.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
Behind fascist Balbo monument, a history of multiracial resistance
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While Chicago leaders celebrated Benito Mussolini in the 1930s, Italians and African-Americans organized locally against his violent and repressive regime.
Perspectives
South Side school closings and conversions raise questions of equity
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The massive reshuffling of black students in Englewood and South Loop wouldn’t fly in a wealthier school district.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
On $15 minimum wage hike, Rauner should listen to constituents
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A bill sitting on the governor’s desk would heed the call of Illinois voters, a majority of whom endorsed a minimum wage increase in a 2014 referendum.
TCR Talks
Bill Ayers on being a white ally and the future of progressives
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Read or listen to an interview with veteran organizer Bill Ayers about the election of Donald Trump and his advice to activists today.
Behind the Data
Chicago’s economic recovery varies by race, new Census data shows
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From poverty to household earnings to Internet access, economic conditions for black and Hispanic residents lag behind those of whites according to newly published figures.
Video
Video: Welcome to Freedom Square
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Activists re-imagine a world without police misconduct at a sit-in across the street from Homan Square, the infamous Chicago police facility.
TCR Talks
Black Lives Matter builds on history of black organizing
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Historian Barbara Ransby and organizer Charlene Carruthers of Black Youth Project 100 speak about the evolution of civil rights activism.
Employment and Labor
Whistleblowers and lawsuits expose racial discrimination by temp agencies
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As Illinois’ temp industry lobbying quashed legislation to track hiring disparities, advocates unleashed class-action lawsuits on behalf of black workers.
Employment and Labor
Growing temp industry shuts out black workers, exploits Latinos
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Hiring discrimination by temp agencies in the Chicago area is driving a wedge between laborers competing for minimum wage work.