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Investigating race and poverty since 1972

Tag: protests

Posted inPerspectives

Hip-hop is the soundtrack to Black Lives Matter protests, continuing a tradition that dates back to the blues

by Tyina Steptoe June 26, 2020June 26, 2020

Rap songs from Public Enemy and Ludacris have been heard at marches over the killing of George Floyd. But the history of Black American music as a form of protest dates back to the 19th century.

Posted inPerspectives

High-tech surveillance amplifies police bias and overreach

by Andrew Guthrie Ferguson June 18, 2020June 18, 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 inPerspectives

Militarization has fostered a policing culture that sets up protesters as ‘the enemy’

by Tom Nolan June 12, 2020June 12, 2020
Posted inCriminal Justice

Lightfoot says police officers who cover or remove name tag, badge number, should be fired

by Jonathan Ballew June 5, 2020June 5, 2020
Posted inCoronavirus

ROUNDUP: An extraordinary week of uprising, racial discord and resilience as Chicago and Illinois begin to reopen

by Asraa Mustufa June 5, 2020June 19, 2020
Posted inTCR Talks

‘It’s really a revolution’: Ja’Mal Green on protests taking over Chicago and the nation and what’s next for the movement

by Josh McGhee June 5, 2020June 5, 2020
Posted inCriminal Justice

Chicago police launch investigation into officer for covering up name tag, badge number at George Floyd protests

by Jonathan Ballew June 4, 2020June 5, 2020
Posted inPerspectives

We protest police in the streets, so why do we let police in our schools?

by Dave Stieber June 3, 2020June 5, 2020
Posted inCriminal Justice

Laquan McDonald activists want federal civil rights charges filed against Jason Van Dyke and other officers

by Bob Chiarito October 31, 2019October 31, 2019

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