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Criminal Justice

Stop-and-frisk down 80% in Chicago but Black and Latinx people still hit the hardest, judge finds

by Josh McGhee October 29, 2019October 30, 2019

President Donald Trump took aim at the Chicago Police Department as a new report details reform efforts ushered in by an agreement with the ACLU.

Criminal Justice, Perspectives

The racist roots of American policing: From slave patrols to traffic stops

by Connie Hassett-Walker June 7, 2019June 10, 2019

Government and Politics

Police in Illinois will permanently have to record race, other traffic stop data in new bill

by Matt Kiefer May 23, 2019October 29, 2019

Criminal Justice, Perspectives, Perspectives: The Powers That Be

The Chicago police union’s ‘alternative facts’ on police reform

by Curtis Black May 2, 2019May 8, 2019

Criminal Justice

Watchdog: Seriously flawed Chicago gang database undermines public trust in police

by Jacqueline Serrato April 12, 2019April 18, 2019

Criminal Justice, Perspectives

Chicago’s moral debt to black youth

by David J. Knight March 8, 2019March 8, 2019

Criminal Justice

U. of C. police shooting came at time of increased stops, continued disparities

by Jonah Newman April 6, 2018October 7, 2018

Economic 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

Criminal Justice

Monitor Chicago’s police reforms

by Jonah Newman and Geoff Hing September 13, 2017October 24, 2019

Perspectives, Perspectives: The Powers That Be

On police reform deal with feds, Chicago can learn from Cincinnati

by Curtis Black June 8, 2017September 12, 2017