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Investigating race and poverty since 1972

Tag: food desert

Posted inOur Voices

Access to food and healthy choices are persistent problems

by Charles Kyle March 15, 2022March 15, 2022

I was on Facebook complaining about my local Starbucks being closed for renovations. And a former coworker commented, how could I be so concerned about Starbucks when he didn’t even have a grocery store to shop at. My first-world griping had taken a serious turn. After talking to him, he informed me that he lives […]

Posted inPerspectives

Native American tribes’ pandemic response is hamstrung by many inequities

by Lindsey Schneider, Joshua Sbicca and Stephanie Malin June 18, 2020June 18, 2020
Posted inCoronavirus

ROUNDUP: Race takes center stage ahead of Illinois’ anticipated COVID-19 peak

by Asraa Mustufa April 10, 2020April 17, 2020
Posted inPerspectives

Eliminating food deserts won’t help poorer Americans eat healthier

by Hunt Allcott, Jean-Pierre Dubé and Molly Schnell December 13, 2019December 13, 2019
Posted inPerspectives

Why community-owned grocery stores like co-ops are the best recipe for revitalizing food deserts

by Catherine Brinkley September 18, 2019September 18, 2019
Posted inPerspectives

South and West Side WIC food benefit recipients face restrictions North Side families do not

by Darrius Atkins July 11, 2019July 11, 2019
Posted inGovernment and Politics

In Chicago’s 37th Ward, longtime incumbent faces new blood and new ideas

by Josh McGhee February 22, 2019February 22, 2019
Posted inHealth, Perspectives

Food deserts persist in Chicago despite more supermarkets

by Marynia Kolak, Daniel Block and Myles Wolf October 3, 2018October 14, 2018

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