Chicago’s Amazon Bid: More at Stake Than Just Tax Dollars
Amazon’s logistics footprint expands with the help of billions in tax dollars, but scholars find their promise of job growth empty.
Schurz-LSNA Sanctuary Network Brings a Father Home
Ed. Note: Today’s post comes to us from our allies at Logan Square Neighborhood Association, who have been working with young folks to build sanctuary schools that protect our students and their families. We’re excited…
What We’re Reading This Week: June 16
This week, we’ve moved our schedule around a little bit to accommodate and highlight yesterday’s story on dual-segregation. Here’s what we’ve been reading in the meantime. We’re focusing on the many ways racism rears its…
Segregationist Policies’ Impact in CPS
Recently, CPS CEO Claypool invoked the racist policies of the south to draw attention to inequitable state funding in Illinois. However, he refuses to acknowledge the ways Jim Crow policies have shaped school opportunity in…
What we’re reading this week: June 8th
This week, we’re reading about Illinois’ regressive school funding formula, how Chicago communities are fighting deportation, and how CPS policies have worked to segregate Black students as well as Black teachers. A Just Chicago will…