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Chicago Urban League Gathers Experts to Define Reparations for Black Communities	As All Eyes Are on Chicago This Week, Don't Forget What This City is About	New report calls for community-level reparations to address fallout from War on Drugs on Chicago's South Side


Englewood Organizers To Transform Vacant CPS Building Into $16 Million ‘Resiliency Hub’	Advocates, Business Leaders Say Collaboration is Key in Reducing Gun Violence in Chicago: ‘We Can’t Talk at People, We Have to Listen’	Johnson administration to form Black reparations task force


Reducing Gun Violence: The Ecosystem of Public Safety	BlackRoots Alliance Looks At What Public Safety Could Look Like For Communities	NEW REPORT: BLACK CHICAGO RESIDENTS BELIEVE FUTURE IS BRIGHT DESPITE PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES

An Open Letter on Chicago’s 2024 Police Budget	Illinois becomes 1st state to abolish cash bail as Pre-Trial Fairness Act takes effect	OPINION: a call for reparations and solutions to the migrant crisis in Chicago

How the CTU Strike Lifted the Fight for $15

Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson names more appointees to transition subcommittees

Black community’s views on public safety (and what safety isn’t) highlighted in new report


The Police Will Keep Killing Us Until We Stop Criminalizing Blackness and Poverty	Legal Weed Is Great, But Black and Brown Communities Can’t Be Left Behind	For real reform, Chicago’s next mayor must commit to fixing police union contracts

Socialists Win Big in Chicago	Chicago's Political Revolution	Coalition Works for Racial Equity As Illinois Eyes Legal Marijuana

How Illinois' cannabis legalization law will reduce racial disparities in the weed industry	How to make recreational pot business fairer to black and brown entrepreneurs	Fighting for Reforms Isn’t Enough. It’s Time We Reach for Prison Abolition.

For supporters, pot legalization is about equity, empowerment	Imagining Liberation	Op-Ed: Criminal justice reform victory the result of many

Pritzker, foes square off on criminal justice law	Democrats offer new legislative district boundary maps in effort to control Illinois General Assembly for another decade	From ‘Outlandish’ To Reality: How The Fight For $15 Was Won In Chicago


Illinois May Be First State to Eliminate Money Bail, But the Fight Isn’t Over	House districts under proposed map Sen. Hunter’s district would stretch further into 20th Ward	‘The Good Place’ Writer Demi Adejuyigbe Created The Ultimate 21st Of September Tribute


Cannabis experts discuss legalization at North Center forum	FOR ACTIVIST KATELYN JOHNSON, EVERY PROBLEM HAS A RESOLUTION	Black Chicagoans have hope for future, despite historic public safety difficulties

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Victoria Stewart published this page in Media 2021-01-28 15:35:52 -0600