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WEBUNION PARK, CHICAGO | On Monday, Aug. 19, 2024, protestors rolled out in droves to Union Park, kicking off day one of the Democratic National Convention with a large-scale Pro-Palestine protest run by a Coalition of around 270 different organizations that all “fight for the rights and liberation of oppressed people,” according to a press….
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WEBThe Reporter was founded in 1972 by John A. McDermott to measure Chicago’s progress toward racial equality as the civil rights era ended. Since its inception, it has been housed at the Community Renewal Society, a faith-based social justice organization. As one of America’s most segregated cities, Chicago continues to experience racial and economic inequality. The […]
Chicago’s 250 Year History of Segregation
WEBAug 30, 2023 · Chicago’s 250 Year History of Segregation. The first article in this series on financial disparities in Cook County, “Wealth Inequality and the Racial Wealth Gap,” discussed the extent of contemporary racial inequities in the County. Black and Latinx Cook County residents are more likely to be financially vulnerable than Black and Latinx ...
Chicago’s gangs have changed. Our violence intervention …
WEBApr 16, 2019 · Over the last ten years, the Chicago Police Department cleared the fewest homicides per capita than any other major city in the U.S. While there are many reasons for this shocking statistic, at the very least it should cause Chicagoans to reconsider the “war on gangs” strategy that has been Chicago policy since it was declared by Richard J. …
Census 2020: “Black people aren't leaving Chicago…they’re being …
WEBDec 17, 2021 · According to the Census report released in August, Chicago’s Black population fell by nearly 10-percent, a loss of 85,000 residents over the last 10 years. At just more than 800,000, Black residents now make up about 29-percent of the City, down from more than 32-percent in 2010. Austin, one of nearly 30 …
Notebook - The Chicago Reporter
WEBSep 12, 2005 · CAPITAL DISPATCH . SPRINGFIELD—More than 3,100 people have signed an online petition urging legislators to restore $3.8 million in funding for the Golden Apple Scholars, a scholarship and mentoring program for aspiring teachers that Gov. Rod Blagojevich has proposed cutting from the state’s budget. If funding is cut, 380 students stand to lose $5,000 scholarships next fall.
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WEBMcDermott served as editor and publisher of the Reporter from 1972 to 1985. Chicago magazine once hailed McDermott the “Editor for the Public Conscience.”. His publication became the foremost, most trusted resource on race and poverty in the city, winning more than 30 journalism awards under his tenure. He passed away in 1996 after a long ...
It’s time to reopen Chicago’s closed mental health clinics
WEBMay 9, 2019 · The biggest controversy of Rahm Emanuel’s first year as mayor was caused by his decision to close six of the city’s twelve mental health clinics. For months, protestors from the Mental Health Movement disrupted Emanuel’s events. In another dramatic action, 23 were arrested when they barricaded themselves inside the Woodlawn clinic.
Chicago’s Urban Prep Academy - The Chicago Reporter
WEBMay 23, 2019 · When I joined Urban Prep Academies in 2006 as the founding math teacher at what was to become the nation’s first all-boys public charter high school, the school’s faculty and staff had one central goal.. We were on a mission to get black boys from Englewood – a racially segregated and economically distressed neighborhood in Chicago, and a community described in the media as one of the ...
The roots of the Chicago Freedom Movement
WEBFeb 1, 2016 · Most visibly, the Chicago Freedom Movement was the organizational collaboration between Martin Luther King’s Southern Christian Leadership Conference and Chicago’s Coordinating Council of Community Organizations headed by Al Raby. This collaboration began with James Bevel’s arrival in Chicago in September 1965 and lasted until CCCO was ...