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News & Politics, Feature Jan 24, 2019
Is Chicago’s legacy of segregation causing a reverse Great Migration?

Black Chicagoans are leaving the city, and an unexamined history of racial discrimination may be to blame.
- By Pete Saunders
- Tags: Feature, Great Migration, African-Americans, Chicago segregation, segregation

News & Politics, Feature Feb 14, 2018
Video
J.B. Pritzker talks race politics

Why should millennials vote for him? Legalized weed.
- By Mark Konkol
- Tags: Feature, J.B. Pritzker, 2018 governors race, African-Americans, wiretap, Rod Blagojevich, Jesse White, legalized marijuana, Juliana Stratton, Illinois Human Rights Commission, Northwestern Center on Wrongful Convictions, Children and Family Justice Center, Video

Best of Chicago, Reasons to love Chicago Jun 22, 2017
Reevaluating why you stay in Chicago can be therapeutic

As loved ones leave the city, consider the pros of sticking around.
- By Laura Pearson
- Tags: Reasons to love Chicago, population decline, Brown Line, African-Americans, move, exodus, Tribune, Department of revenue, the El

Columns & Opinion, Identity & Culture Nov 22, 2016
Black Americans get a raw deal from Trump’s ‘new deal’ platform

Don’t believe the hype: Black lives still don’t matter to the president-elect.
- By Derrick Clifton
- Tags: Identity & Culture, News, Donald Trump, 2016 election, black America, black Americans, African-Americans, African-American, MediaTakeOut, politics, Chicago Urban League, Action Now, Black Lives Matter, racism, systemic racism

Blogs, Bleader Mar 15, 2016
Slideshow
A brief visual history of black voter mobilization in Chicago

Check out these archival photos of moments in the history of black voter mobilization in Chicago.
- By Danielle A. Scruggs
- Tags: News, Politics, History, Primary day, 2016 elections, voting, voters, blacks, African-Americans, Slideshow

Blogs, Bleader Jun 11, 2015
'Most cops are wonderful people' and the usual blah blah blah

The Washington Post's Kathleen Parker includes a "necessary" qualifier in writing about McKinney, Texas.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, News, McKinney, Texas, Kathleen Parker, Washington Post, police, African-Americans, criminal justice

Blogs, Bleader Aug 6, 2014
Could reparations for African-Americans help reduce violence?

A conversation with veteran reparations activist and political organizer Conrad Worrill.
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Segregation, Politics, News, Conrad Worrill, reparations, Rahm Emanuel, Harold Washington, Chicago politics, Richard M. Daley, mayor, slavery, African-Americans, racism, segregation, Civil War, affirmative action, Chicago Reporter, Hannibal Afrik, Barack Obama, drugs, war on drugs, criminal justice, prisons, Atlantic, Ta-Nehisi Coates

News & Politics, Feature May 6, 2014
The trials of a neighborhood high school

Wells Community Academy in West Town has disadvantaged students, many unhelpful parents, a bad reputation, charters nibbling at its enrollment—and some rare successes. Can it survive?
- By Steve Bogira
- Tags: Feature, poverty and segregation in Chicago schools, Wells Community Academy, neighborhood schools, Chicago Public Schools, CPS, Rituparna Raichoudhuri, Conchita Castro, Brighton Park, public transportation, Kelly High School, Juarez High School, Chavez Elemetary High School, desegregation, prejudices, race, teachers, ACTs, East Village, West Town, minorities, poverty, Cabrini-Green, Carmen Martinez, Austin High School, school closings, standardized tests, principals, school buildings, California, gangs, Hispanics, African-Americans, Irving Zucker, suspension, violence, teen pregnancy, anger-mangement, conflict resolution, Samantha Kyme, Edwin Caraballo, social workers, Humboldt Park, Clemente High School, Latia Lane, interns, University of Illinois at Chicago, UIC, Facebook, Darius Calhoun, dating, Smyth Elementary School, Back of the Yards, Vashti Taylor, Kenwood, Liberia, ESL, English as a Second Language, college admissions, expulsion rates, graduation rates, sports, athletics

Arts & Culture, Art Review Jan 27, 2014
Recommended
Solidarity in the American south in "Beyond Swastika and Jim Crow"

A new exhibit at the DuSable Museum looks at young African-American scholars in the Jim Crow era—and the German Jewish refugees who became their teachers.
- By Danette Chavez
- Tags: Art Review, Ernst Borinski, Donald Cunnigen, Ernst Borinski, Jim Crow, African-Americans, United States, Nazi Germany, Nuremberg Laws, Professional Civil Service, Gabrielle Edgcomb, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Mississippi's Tougaloo College, Joyce Ladner, Social Science Laboratory, Joycelyn Elders, U.S. surgeon general, Philander Smith College, Little Rock, Recommended

Blogs, Bleader Feb 28, 2013
Uncounted prisoners and the race gap

A new book argues that national surveys don't tell the whole story.
- By Steve Bogira
- Tags: Segregation, News, imprisonment, incarceration rate, Becky Pettit, Invisible Men, African-Americans, apportionment, slavery, three-fifths compromise, Current Population Survey, Works Progress Administration, Census Bureau, Bureau of Justice Statistics, American Community Survey, criminal justice system, mass incarceration, University of Washington

Blogs, Bleader Nov 22, 2012
Racial integration is possible in Chicago

In a city with a sordid history of segregation, there are beacons of light and reasons to be thankful
- By Steve Bogira
- Tags: Segregation, News, segregation, integration, Saul Alinsky, African-Americans, Hispanics, Asians, Beverly, Hyde Park, University of Chicago, urban renewal, University of Illlinois at Chicago, public housing, Plan for Transformation, Robert Taylor Homes, Stateway Gardens, Cabrini Green, Henry Horner, Rockwell Gardens, ABLA Homes, Whet Moser, Chicago Magazine, The 312, Natalie Moore, Linda Lutton, WBEZ, Angela Caputo, Chicago Reporter, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Rahm Emanuel, Occupy movement

Blogs, Bleader Aug 1, 2012
The deeper drug war

There's a more cynical problem than the war on drugs
- By Steve Bogira
- Tags: Crime, Neighborhoods, Politics, News, war on drugs, African-Americans, poverty, segregation, heroin, substance abuse, Kelvin "Shorty" Wallace, child abuse and neglect, Philippe Bourgois, In Search of Respect, Merill Singer, Drugging the Poor

Blogs, Bleader Apr 17, 2012
George, Mitt, and HUD

In the Romney family, the apple fell far from the tree.
- By Steve Bogira
- Tags: Politics, News, Civil rights, African-Americans, George Romney, Geoffrey Kabaservice, Rule and Ruin, New York Times Book Review, Mitt Romney, American Motors Corporation, Michigan governor, The Real Romney, fiscal conservativism, civil liberties, Republican moderation, Housing and Urban Development, Lyndon Johnson, John F. Kennedy, Robert Weaver, desegregation, H.R. Haldeman, Federal Housing Administration, Richard Nixon

Blogs, Bleader Mar 13, 2012
The terminal illnesses of poverty and segregation

On the persistent poor health of African-Americans
- By Steve Bogira
- Tags: Science, Disparity Week, Politics, health disparities, African-Americans, cancer, chemotherapy, asthma, diabetes, infant mortality, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, obesity, cirrhosis, schizophrenia, murder, mortality and morbidity, socioeconomic status, poverty, segregation, Social Science & Medicine, Variations on a Theme

Blogs, Bleader Dec 9, 2011
Today's marijuana lesson comes from New York City

How Chicago can take a cue from New York City on pot possession.
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Crime, The Reefer, Weed Week, Politics, Clout City, African-Americans, arrests, cannabis, Chicago City Council, Chicago police, decriminalization, drug dealing, drug possession, Father Pfleger, illegal searches, Illinois house, legalization, marijuana, Michael Pfleger, New York, New York City, New York City police, police, pot, probable cause, racial disparities, Raymond Kelly, reefer, street dealing, Variations on a Theme, weed

Blogs, Bleader Dec 9, 2011
Why are blacks busted more often for pot?

Illegal searches play a leading role in the racial imbalance.
- By Steve Bogira
- Tags: Crime, The Reefer, Weed Week, Politics, Clout City, African-Americans, arrests, Ben Joravsky, cannabis, Chicago police, cocaine, crack, criminal records, decriminalization, defense lawyers, Drug and Alcohol Dependence, drug crews, drug dealing, drug possession, ghettos, heroin, illegal searches, judges, legalization, marijuana, Mick Dumke, PCP, police, pot, probable cause, prosecutors, racial disparities, reefer, rocks and blows, segregation, street dealing, Variations on a Theme, weed

Blogs, Bleader Nov 18, 2011
This is what theocracy looks like

The Republican candidates tackle the key biblical issues in Iowa Saturday.
- By Steve Bogira
- Tags: Politics, News, Clout City, Republican presidential race, Republican candidates, Iowa, Thanksgiving Family Forum, gay marriage, First Federated Church, Des Moines, The Family Leader, Fox News, Frank Luntz, God, Mitt Romney, Jon Huntsman, Herman Cain, Newt Gingrich, Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry, Ron Paul, Rick Santorum, economy, foreign affairs, monogamy, God-fearing, heterosexuals, homosexuals, Bob Vander Plaats, Iowa supreme court, Candidate Vow, bigamy, polygamy, polyandry, childbearing, constitutionalists, judges, downsizing government, biblical principles, Sharia Islam, human rights, totalitarian, conjugal intimacy, military, commingling, slavery, African-Americans, taxes, Jesus, traditional marriage, sanctity of human life, conception, Gary Johnson, New Mexico, Muslims, gays in the military, abortion, Norman Rockwell, political polling, CitizenLink, Tom Minnery, sexual harassment

Blogs, Bleader Sep 26, 2011
The Asian effect: How early in life does it start?

A new study examines just how early Asian-American children start outperforming their peers, and ponders why it happens.
- By Steve Bogira
- Tags: Science, Asian-Americans, East Asians, European-Americans, African-Americans, Hispanic-Americans, median household income, educational attainment, racial and ethnic groups, China, Japan, Korea, math, literacy, Ohio State University, Yongmin Sun, cognitive development, Sociological Perspectives, Confucius, parenting practices, genetics, premature birth, pregnancy, single-parent households, siblings, parent-child communication, government funding, racial inequality, infancy, toddlers

Blogs, Bleader Sep 20, 2006
You can't choose that! It's just the oppression talking!

You want breast implants? You like living in the ghetto? No, you don't.
- By Harold Henderson
- Tags: Feminism, Women, Choice, African-Americans, Ghetto, Gautreaux

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Black Chicagoans are leaving the city, and an unexamined history of racial discrimination may be to blame.

Why should millennials vote for him? Legalized weed.

As loved ones leave the city, consider the pros of sticking around.

Don’t believe the hype: Black lives still don’t matter to the president-elect.

Check out these archival photos of moments in the history of black voter mobilization in Chicago.

The Washington Post's Kathleen Parker includes a "necessary" qualifier in writing about McKinney, Texas.

A conversation with veteran reparations activist and political organizer Conrad Worrill.

Wells Community Academy in West Town has disadvantaged students, many unhelpful parents, a bad reputation, charters nibbling at its enrollment—and some rare successes. Can it survive?

A new exhibit at the DuSable Museum looks at young African-American scholars in the Jim Crow era—and the German Jewish refugees who became their teachers.

A new book argues that national surveys don't tell the whole story.

In a city with a sordid history of segregation, there are beacons of light and reasons to be thankful

There's a more cynical problem than the war on drugs

In the Romney family, the apple fell far from the tree.

On the persistent poor health of African-Americans

How Chicago can take a cue from New York City on pot possession.

Illegal searches play a leading role in the racial imbalance.

The Republican candidates tackle the key biblical issues in Iowa Saturday.

A new study examines just how early Asian-American children start outperforming their peers, and ponders why it happens.

You want breast implants? You like living in the ghetto? No, you don't.

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