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Investigating race and poverty since 1972

Tag: Woodlawn

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 inPerspectives, Perspectives: The Powers That Be

‘Green gentrification’ and lessons of the 606

by Curtis Black January 30, 2020January 30, 2020
Posted inHousing, Perspectives, Perspectives: The Powers That Be

The real scandal behind Leon Finney’s downfall

by Curtis Black September 12, 2019January 29, 2020
Posted inGovernment and Politics, Health, Perspectives, Perspectives: The Powers That Be

It’s time to reopen Chicago’s closed mental health clinics

by Curtis Black May 9, 2019
Posted inEconomic Development, Perspectives, Perspectives: The Powers That Be

Community benefits coalition wants to include all the players, not just Obama Foundation

by Curtis Black April 26, 2018May 1, 2018
Posted inCriminal Justice

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

by Jonah Newman April 6, 2018October 7, 2018
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 inEducation

Closed schools could remain vacant without public subsidy

by Kalyn Belsha July 24, 2017October 12, 2017

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