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The Chicago Reporter

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Investigating race and poverty since 1972

Tag: black voters

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 inGovernment and Politics, Perspectives, Uncategorized

Will Chicago’s mayoral runoff signal the end of the ‘rainbow’ coalition?

by Valerie C. Johnson and Robert T. Starks March 29, 2019
Posted inGovernment and Politics, Perspectives

Illinois’ not-quite-‘automatic’ voter registration could disadvantage citizens of color

by Christina Rivers February 19, 2019February 19, 2019
Posted inGovernment and Politics, Perspectives, Perspectives: The Powers That Be

Willie Wilson’s wild numbers

by Curtis Black January 31, 2019January 31, 2019
Posted inGovernment and Politics, Perspectives, Perspectives: The Powers That Be

Ald. Ed Burke represents the worst of Chicago’s white political machine

by Curtis Black December 6, 2018January 15, 2019
Posted inCriminal Justice

Voting could soon be easier at all Illinois jails

by La Risa Lynch April 9, 2018August 22, 2019
Posted inCriminal Justice, Government and Politics, Perspectives

How prisons inflate white voting power in downstate Illinois

by Kasey Henricks, José Acosta-Córdova and Amanda E. Lewis October 9, 2017April 4, 2018
Posted inCriminal Justice, Perspectives

Past incarceration does not bar you from voting in Illinois

by Michelle Mbekeani-Wiley September 11, 2017September 11, 2017
Posted inEducation

Planned Englewood school closings throw Harper’s future into question

by Kalyn Belsha June 13, 2017July 24, 2017
Posted inBehind the Data, Government and Politics

Who benefited from same-day voter registration in Chicago?

by Matt Kiefer November 2, 2016January 24, 2019

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