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Schurz-LSNA Sanctuary Network Brings a Father Home

Lauren Dean June 19, 2017 February 14, 2018Immigration

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…

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What We’re Reading This Week: June 16

Lauren Dean June 16, 2017 February 14, 2018Further Reading
Shelves of books in a library

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…

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Segregationist Policies’ Impact in CPS

Pavlyn Jankov June 15, 2017 February 14, 2018Schools
A HOLC redlining map of Chicago's South Side

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…

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What we’re reading this week: June 8th

Lauren Dean June 8, 2017 June 8, 2017Further Reading
Shelves of books in a library

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…

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Homeownership as social inequality

Lauren Dean June 5, 2017 June 5, 2017Housing
A Chicago bungalow with boarded up windows

Pulitzer Prize-winning sociologist Matthew Desmond recently published a piece in the New York Times Magazine outlining how flawed federal tax policies prop up home prices while leaving renters without the help they need to stay…

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