Banks Snub Chicago Aldermen On Equitable Mortgage Lending
Without access to lending, families are locked out of homeownership and the opportunity to build wealth.
Linda Lutton
Former Reporter
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What Does It Feel Like To Be Middle Class? That Depends On Your Race, Researchers Say
Study shows how “even seemingly ‘successful’ families” are still living out the consequences of historically racist laws and policies.
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Chicago Aldermen Push Banks Doing Business With The City For More Equitable Lending
“We need to put our foot down,” said Ald. Greg Mitchell, 7th Ward. “If we’re gonna do business with you, we need reciprocity.”
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Racial Equity Group Slams TIFs And Tax Subsidies For Lincoln Yards And The 78
Chicago United for Equity calls $2.4 billion in subsidies for the developments “indefensible” given the pandemic and the city’s budget hole.
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8 Ways To Honor MLK in Chicago This Holiday
The pandemic is limiting in-person events, but Chicago groups are planning other ways to honor Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday.
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¿Una megatienda o 120 pequeños comerciantes? ¿Cuál es la mejor alternativa para un vecindario?
Los vendedores temen que el plan de reurbanización los va a eliminar. Pero el concejal dice que hay lugar para todos en el Discount Mall de La Villita: “Target no va a vender un vestido de quinceañera”.
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How Would Capitol Police Treat Chicago’s Black Activists?
Three young Black activists reflect on how police treated mostly white pro-Trump extremists at the Capitol this week, and how that compares to their own experience.
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Chicago’s ‘Love Fridge’ Project Offers Stigma-Free Food To Residents In Need
Chicago’s volunteer-powered love fridge movement continuously stocks nearly two dozen brightly-painted refrigerators throughout the city.
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Student Photographs Capture The Pandemic’s Impact On An Immigrant Community
In cell-phone images and words, high schoolers at Benito Juarez Community Academy reflect on their fears, losses and hope.
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After Week Of Confusion Illinois Expecting 60,000 Doses Of Vaccine
The clarity comes after the federal official in charge of vaccine distribution admitted a “planning error.“
