The charter school serving about 236 children, 97 percent of them poor, becomes the first in Chicago to fall victim […]
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Here Are All Of Chicago Public Schools’ Lead Test Results
Chicago Public Schools has tested 58 schools and more than a dozen have shown elevated lead levels in their water. […]
The Negative effects of Chicago Demolitions
Should Chicago Be Celebrating Demolitions?
Since 2008, the city tore down more than 3,100 buildings — the equivalent, on average, of […]
Englewood to Flint mission to provide supplies is rousing success
“Englewood is plagued with many challenges, such as crime, poverty and joblessness, but although we face these issues, we are […]
Brown: City promises housing for homeless living in tent camps
“Patterned after a “housing first” model that has shown promise in other cities, Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s administration is aiming to […]
I Grow Chicago Adds Environmental Justice Program
Nonprofit I Grow Chicago’s mission is to provide a safe, inter-generational haven for children and at-risk community members. Through sustainable […]
Natalie Y. Moore digs into the ways that segregation continues to shape the politics of her hometown, as well as her own life.
Talking Housing Segregation And Chicago With WBEZ’s Natalie Y. Moore
Library hires employee to work with homeless, at-risk people
Adecade of serving Oak Park Township as its youth interventionist has given Robert Simmons plenty of experience working with the […]
‘I Put It Out There, I Did. And It Got Crushed.’
“Almost nine months. That’s how long the state of Illinois has been operating without a budget. For many agencies that […]
Chicago retains its dubious title as one of the nation’s most segregated cities
A century after the start of the Great Migration and 50 years after the Kerner Commission Report declared “our nation […]