Racial Healing Circles Seek To Make Space For Listening
“It’s important for us to … get in the practice [of] not just listening to respond, but listening to connect and listening to understanding.”
Race, Class & Communities
The Race, Class & Communities Desk seeks to provide enterprise reporting on broad themes and trends related to race and income in the Chicago metropolitan area and to provide beat coverage of topical issues including housing, immigration, work/opportunity and demographics.
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Police Call In SWAT Team During Confrontation On Chicago’s West Side
Police called in an armored vehicle and a SWAT team Sunday afternoon for crowd control on Chicago’s West Side.
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Officers Disrespected Englewood Residents Following Police Shooting, Activists Say
“You got police officers that I watched with my own eyes pull people toward them just to beat them,” said activist Joseph Williams.
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Solutions To Violence In Chicago: Economic Justice
Solving economic injustice may help significantly reduce violence in Chicago communities.
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Solutions To Violence In Chicago: Restorative Justice
Illinois sometimes applies restorative justice to bypass courts and facilitate resolutions between crime victims and perpetrators.
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Al Gini Explores Ethical Dilemmas In COVID-19 Era
Why are ethical standards so elusive and difficult to identify?
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South Side Redevelopment Effort Awarded Foundation’s $10 Million Chicago Prize
The winning proposal includes revitalizing a long-vacant office building and converting a brownfield into an urban farming campus.
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Solutions To Violence In Chicago: Violence As A Public Health Issue
Experts say violence is primarily a public health issue.
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Census Deadline Change Sparks Fears Of An Undercount In Some Chicago Neighborhoods
Residents must now respond to the census by Sep. 30, but response rates in some parts of Chicago are less than half the national average.
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Chicago Activists Call For Defunding The Department Of Homeland Security
Social justice groups demand an end to the arrests of Black Lives Matter protesters and to delays in processing citizenship applications.
