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Investigating race and poverty since 1972

Tag: Lori Lightfoot

Posted inGovernment and Politics

Chicago has been quietly intercepting millions from state tax refunds during the pandemic

by Simon Davis-Cohen and The Chicago Reporter September 15, 2020March 3, 2021

The Lightfoot administration intercepted at least $27 million in 2020 from residents’ state tax refunds to collect on debt, disproportionately hitting lower income neighborhoods and communities of color.

Posted inCriminal Justice

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s surveillance system will outlast the protest movement

by Ángel Díaz and The Chicago Reporter September 10, 2020March 30, 2021
Posted inGovernment and Politics

For recession relief, Chicago should demand more from big business

by Curtis Black August 7, 2020December 10, 2020
Posted inBehind the Data

Chicago Police Department partially restores access to arrests data following outcry

by Josh McGhee and Matt Chapman July 17, 2020July 29, 2020
Posted inBehind the Data

Chicago Police Department arrest API shutdown is its own kind of ‘cover up’

by Asraa Mustufa and David Eads July 8, 2020July 21, 2020
Posted inPerspectives

America’s Black female mayors face dual crises of COVID-19 and protests – but these women are used to uphill battles

by Sharon Austin July 2, 2020July 2, 2020
Posted inPerspectives

Community oversight or control? Coalitions meet on competing police accountability proposals

by Curtis Black July 1, 2020July 1, 2020
Posted inPerspectives

Denying arrestees access to lawyers a longstanding problem at the Chicago Police Department

by Curtis Black June 25, 2020June 25, 2020
Posted inCriminal Justice

Chicago police arrested more people for protesting than for looting in early days of unrest, contradicting original claims

by David Eads, Josh McGhee and Matt Chapman June 16, 2020November 16, 2020
Posted inCriminal Justice

Chicago has nearly tripled per capita police spending since 1964, data show

by Carlos Ballesteros June 12, 2020June 20, 2020

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