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Tag: black unemployment

Posted inPerspectives

Black Americans mostly left behind by progress since Dr. King’s death

by Sharon Austin January 24, 2020February 28, 2020

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.’

Posted inEmployment and Labor, Housing, Immigration

Chicago is the fastest shrinking major metro area

by Matt Kiefer April 26, 2019April 26, 2019
Posted inPerspectives

Chicago’s gangs have changed. Our violence intervention strategies should too.

by John M. Hagedorn, Roberto Aspholm, Teresa Córdova, Andrew V. Papachristos and Lance Williams April 16, 2019April 17, 2019
Posted inPerspectives, Perspectives: The Powers That Be

In final act, Emanuel cements legacy of tolerating corruption, promoting segregation

by Curtis Black March 7, 2019March 10, 2019
Posted inPerspectives

Universal basic income could redress the high cost of underemployment in Chicago

by David Thigpen August 23, 2018February 28, 2020
Posted inPerspectives, Perspectives: The Powers That Be

Chicago’s predatory tickets and fines exploit low-income drivers for revenue

by Curtis Black August 2, 2018August 3, 2018
Posted inEconomic Development, Employment and Labor, Perspectives

Fifty years later, what the Kerner report tells us about race in Chicago today

by William Scarborough, Kasey Henricks and Amanda E. Lewis February 26, 2018February 26, 2018
Posted inGovernment and Politics, Perspectives, Perspectives: The Powers That Be

Summer scandals show little has changed in Emanuel’s Chicago

by Curtis Black July 27, 2017
Posted inEducation, Employment and Labor, Perspectives

For middle-class blacks, success can be a double-edged sword

by Amanda E. Lewis and Kasey Henricks May 29, 2017May 29, 2017
Posted inPerspectives, Perspectives: The Powers That Be

Lessons from the Republic Windows workers’ sit-in, eight years on

by Curtis Black January 5, 2017May 15, 2017

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