
Chauvin Verdict Doesn’t Change The Systemic Racism That Costs So Many Black Lives
The fight against systemic racism still lies ahead, particularly in Chicago, where more Black men are killed by police than anywhere else.
The fight against systemic racism still lies ahead, particularly in Chicago, where more Black men are killed by police than anywhere else.
While white Chicagoans received the majority of initial COVID-19 vaccines, a WBEZ analysis shows health care workers actually live all over the city.
Since 2000, the white population in gentrifying Logan Square has increased more than 70% while its Latino population has declined by 47%.
Experts say timely testing is crucial to slowing the spread of COVID-19 so infected people can quickly quarantine.
The farther away they were from the city, the less support voters gave Illinois’ rejected graduated state income tax proposal. Here’s a look at how race, geography and Trump support affected other key races.
Illinois has witnessed the steepest decline in Black population of any state since 2010. White population has fallen in Illinois by 6%.
In Chicago, lenders have invested more in a single white neighborhood than all the black neighborhoods combined. Call it modern-day redlining.
Activists gathered in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood Monday to clean up after this weekend’s looting along the 71st Street commercial corridor.
After Illinois officials withhold names of nursing homes tied to coronavirus deaths, WBEZ finds 76 facilities in Cook County.
The mayor declared an end to residential shut-offs last May, but the pandemic has brought new urgency to restoring service to citizens.