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Tag: community development

Education cannot be the “great equalizer” when unaffordable housing is an insurmountable barrier

Sarah Rothschild June 6, 2018 September 20, 2019Housing
The Chicago region’s homes are under water and it is not due to the annual flooding from the Des Plaines River. A new analysis from Zillow shows that Chicago ranks 2nd in the nation for the most homes that owe…

The Wrong Side of Ashland: Skinner, Dett and Brown

Pavlyn Jankov May 23, 2018 May 24, 2018Housing, Justice, Schools
Investment is flowing rapidly and visibly into the areas surrounding downtown Chicago. But many neighborhoods, some often just outside these zones of wealthy development, continue to shed jobs and public investment in a cycle of neglect. Chicago Public Schools had…

The Continuing Legacy of Segregation

Sarah Rothschild November 16, 2016 May 11, 2017Justice
One thing is certain, however, that when mourners gathered around the family’s home shortly after the tragic shooting, they were greeted by an angry group of flag waving white men who shouted racial obscenities and told the mourners to get out of “their” community.

Community Resources, Not More Incarceration

Sarah Rothschild December 9, 2015 December 9, 2015Housing, Jobs, Justice
Chicago Police Department superintendent Garry McCarthy was fired by Mayor Emanuel last Tuesday, after protesters have been demanding it for months. Back in October, members of the Black Caucus of the city council demanded his replacement because crime is still…

Phantoms Playing Double-Dutch: Why the Fight for Dyett is Bigger than One Chicago School Closing

Eve Ewing August 30, 2015 September 3, 2015Action, Schools
Photo: The twelve Dyett hunger strikers They were gathered in the name of Dyett, the high school that the leaders of Chicago Public Schools (CPS) announced in 2012 would be shuttered at the end of 2015. This group of parents, community members, and students sat in the 95-degree heat to demand a meeting with the alderman, Will Burns. They wanted…
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