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Tag: segregation

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…

Environmental Racism Puts Our Students at Risk

Sarah Rothschild May 9, 2018 May 9, 2018Health, Housing, Schools
Environmental Racism protest, photo by Frank Thomas via Southeast Side Coalition to Ban Petcoke The appalling filth and environmental hazards in our schools are driven by decades of neglect, particularly in schools that serve Black and Brown children. But Chicago's working class communities of color have been dogged by generations of environmental racism, as well.

Chicago’s Amazon Bid: More at Stake Than Just Tax Dollars

Pavlyn Jankov February 13, 2018 February 14, 2018Housing, Jobs, Justice, Schools
Amazon’s logistics footprint expands with the help of billions in tax dollars, but scholars find their promise of job growth empty.

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 Chicago, both in the past,…
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