Perspectives
Universal basic income could redress the high cost of underemployment in Chicago
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In a booming economy failing to provide enough living wage jobs, the city can more than afford to try Ald. Ameya Pawar’s proposal to relieve poverty.
Perspectives
After the Dan Ryan shutdown, we need to march to the polls
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The mass protest against violence will only be effective with repetition, negotiation and voting for specific demands.
Perspectives
Kanye’s comments on slavery validate racist policymaking
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The leading black artist’s remark reinforced false and timeworn rhetoric about black labor that has real life policy implications.
Policy & Finance
Currency exchange rate hike to hit the unbanked with more fees
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The impending increase will disproportionately impact lower-income blacks and Latinos who have been driven out of mainstream banking in Illinois.
Behind the Data
Cómo investigamos la recuperación de salarios en el Departamento Laboral de Illinois
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Un análisis de miles de denuncias de robo de salario muestra que hay poca probabilidad de que un trabajador recupere su sueldo en Illinois.
Behind the Data
How we investigated wage enforcement at the Illinois Department of Labor
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An analysis of thousands of wage complaints shows that workers face long odds of recouping pay in Illinois.
Perspectives
School choice is a scam in segregated neighborhoods
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Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos’ agenda to further privatize education would leave even fewer good schools for low-income black and brown students.
Beyond 95th Street
For Riverdale, Red Line extension may be path to employment
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Cut off from major transit lines, deindustrialized Riverdale has among the city’s highest commute times, contributing to its high unemployment and poverty rates.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
Is Illinois’ school funding discriminatory? Urban League pushes for court ruling
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Eight years later, a lawsuit arguing that the state’s system of funding public education violates minority students’ civil rights presses forward.
Behind the Data
Chicago’s economic recovery varies by race, new Census data shows
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From poverty to household earnings to Internet access, economic conditions for black and Hispanic residents lag behind those of whites according to newly published figures.