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The Chicago Reporter

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Investigating race and poverty since 1972

Tag: Washington Park

Posted inPerspectives: The Powers That Be

Given $1.2 billion budget shortfall, can Chicago still ‘afford’ Obama Presidential Center?

by Curtis Black September 11, 2020September 11, 2020

More than $50 million of planned infrastructure spending appears to support a questionable luxury golf course development.

Posted inHousing

Activists Build Tent City To Show What Could Happen Without Affordable Housing Around Obama Library

by Maxwell Evans June 12, 2020June 19, 2020
Posted inEconomic Development

Obama library heightens debate over promise and peril of development

by Curtis Lawrence November 8, 2017December 19, 2017
Posted inEconomic Development, Perspectives

Why the Obama library needs a community benefits agreement

by Jitu Brown October 30, 2017November 8, 2017
Posted inEconomic Development, Employment and Labor

Five community benefits agreements that worked

by La Risa Lynch May 24, 2016August 3, 2016
Posted inCriminal Justice

New data supports old accusations of racial profiling by University of Chicago Police Department

by Jonah Newman April 5, 2016April 5, 2016
Posted inGallery, Multimedia

Life goes on as Washington Park awaits news about Obama library

by Grace Donnelly May 29, 2015May 22, 2017
Posted inCriminal Justice, Government and Politics

State budget cuts, other issues, may limit efficacy of drug policy change

by Adeshina Emmanuel April 23, 2015November 8, 2016
Posted inGovernment and Politics, Perspectives, Perspectives: The Powers That Be

Potential Obama library neighbors seek benefits

by Curtis Black January 8, 2015May 15, 2017

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