Preview The New Season Of WBEZ’s Motive
To understand today’s white supremacist movement, look at the last time hate pulled in young Americans. Preview WBEZ’s new season of Motive.
To understand today’s white supremacist movement, look at the last time hate pulled in young Americans. Preview WBEZ’s new season of Motive.
A coalition of groups is demanding that the Chicago City Council steer $1 billion in police funding toward services in underserved areas.
A new project explores the factors behind the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on Chicago’s Black and Latino communities.
WBEZ spoke with the relatives of 50 Chicago COVID-19 victims to understand the systemic conditions behind the pandemic’s disproportionate impact.
While bad information is a problem for everyone, it can pose a particular threat to communities of people of color who already face worse outcomes from the virus.
More than 200 people marched to protest the treatment of Black Chicagoans by police and racism in the city. Afternoon protests near Bronzeville were peaceful, but evening Downtown demonstrations became clashes with police.
Research shows Black women earn almost $1 million less than white men over the course of their careers.
Cabrini residents came together following the shooting death of a child this summer, just as they did after a similar tragedy in the ‘90s.
“It’s important for us to … get in the practice [of] not just listening to respond, but listening to connect and listening to understanding.”
Police called in an armored vehicle and a SWAT team Sunday afternoon for crowd control on Chicago’s West Side.