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News & Politics, News Apr 30, 2019
The most violent week in Chicago history

The Newberry Library and community organizations are holding a year of conversations to reckon with the deadly race riots of 1919.
- By Terrence F. Chappell
- Tags: News, Race riots of 1919, Newberry Library, Chicago Urban League

Blogs, Bleader Nov 17, 2017
Video
Prosecutors drop charges against 15 men allegedly framed by dirty cop, and other Chicago news

Also, Chicago could see "record" Thanksgiving traffic next week.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago Police Department, Ronald Watts, Eddie Johnson, Chicago Police Board, Rahm Emanuel, Andrea Zopp, Chicago Urban League, Thanksgiving, traffic, AAA, Jorge Mario Valenzuela Verdugo, El Chapo, Sinaloa Cartel, Mexico, Schubas, James Beard Awards, Tied House, Top Chef, Northwestern University, Evanston, Tommy Nevin's Pub, Video

News & Politics, Feature Aug 31, 2017
Slideshow
Can shooting hoops keep gang members from shooting each other?

When Englewood gang members convene for a week in August to compete in the Battle of the Blocks basketball tournament, residents report a marked drop in violence in the neighborhood. Why aren’t there more programs like it?
- By Lee V. Gaines and Jeffrey Marini
- Tags: Feature, Englewood, Battle of the Blocks, New Canaan Land Missionary Baptist Church, Reverend Pervis Thomas, Gangster Disciples, Black Disciples, Peoria Street, Union Street, Shari Runner, Chicago Urban League, Terrell Suggs, Richard Devine, David Axelrod, University of Chicago Institute of Politics, Paul Rufus, Jello Soraspy, Tatiana Jones, Taylor Jordan, Brian Davis, basketball tournament, Englewood Peace Tournament, violence prevention, Slideshow

News & Politics, Feature Apr 19, 2017
Despite decriminalization, Chicago’s grass gap persists

It took statewide decriminalization to get Chicago cops to stop arresting mostly black Chicagoans for possession of small amounts of weed.
- By Lee V. Gaines
- Tags: Feature, News, Marijuana, cannabis, drugs, Chicago Police Department, CPD, criminal justice, Bruce Rauner, Rahm Emanuel, Garry McCarthy, Cook County state’s attorney’s office, Anita Alvarez, Kim Foxx, Cook County Board, Toni Preckwinkle, Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 7, Dean Angelo Sr., Kevin Graham, Roosevelt University’s Illinois Drug Policy Consortium, Kathie Kane-Willis, Chicago Urban League, Jim Gierach, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition

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 16, 2016
Video
Urban League voters split on Democratic contest results

Attendees at an election night party in the South Loop react to Hillary Clinton's string of victories.
- By Manny Ramos
- Tags: News, Politics, Chicago Urban League, Kim Fox, Anita Alvarez, Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders, Illinois, elections, vote, primary day, 2016 elections, Video

Blogs, Bleader Mar 3, 2016
Segregation decreases but poverty increases in Chicago's black neighborhoods and other news

Also, the Chicago Tribune endorses Mike Madigan's primary challenger, and the Chicago Shakespeare Theater announces its Navy Pier expansion.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, winter weather, poverty, segregation, Chicago Urban League, Mike Madigan, Jason Gonzales, Chicago PD, Hannibal Buress, Tyshawn Lee, police brutality, gun violence, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Navy Pier, Ravinia Festival, Highland Park, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Diana Ross

News & Politics, Feature Jun 12, 2014
The fight to preserve a model public housing project

Lathrop Homes, on the western edge of Lincoln Park, has long been one of the Chicago Housing Authority's most diverse and successful properties. But today it's a shell of its former self.
- By Maya Dukmasova
- Tags: Feature, Julia C. Lathrop Homes, Lathrop Homes, CHA, Chicago Housing Authority, public housing, Bucktown, Roscoe Village, Public Works Administration, New Deal, National Register of Historic Places, Miguel Suarez, development, immigrants, diversity, architecture, Lolita Gonzalez, Richard M. Daley, mixed-income communities, Lathrop Community Partners, redevelopment, LCP, Molly Metzger, Washington University, George Warren Brown School of Social Work, housing choice vouchers, Tiffney George, Near North High School, Cabrini-Green, Section 8 housing, North Lawndale, Boys and Girls Club, Titus Kerby, Lathrop Local Advisory Council, Anna Capps, Marshall Field's, Toni Dixon, Alcott College Prep, preservation, Chicago Housing Initiative, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, FOIA, Freedom of Information Act, HUD, Dorothy Gautreaux, Gautreaux case, Altgeld Gardens, Chicago Urban League, West Side Federation, ACLU, American Civil Liberties Union, Schiff Hardin & Waite, Alexander Polikoff, discrimination, Business and Professional People for the Public Interest, BPI, memoirs, books, neighborhoods, segregation, unemployment, Hal Baron, Len Rubinowitz, Northwestern University, Lawrence Vale, urban planning, urban design, Logan Square Neighborhood Association, Mary Pattillo, John McDermott, LSNA, housing, land use, Robert Whitfield, Real Estate Acquisition Program, REAP

News & Politics, Feature Jun 13, 2013
Audio
Trying to make separate equal

Having failed at desegregation, Chicago has tried instead to provide quality education in poor, racially isolated schools. That hasn’t worked either.
- By Steve Bogira
- Tags: Feature, poverty, books, segregation, inequality, desegregation, Poverty and segregation in Chicago schools, education, race, Melville Fuller, suburbs, expressways, City Council, Herold Hunt, history, 1963, 1964, Benjamin Willis, Chicago Times, Columbia University, Kathryn Neckerman, 1863, teachers, West Garfield Park, neighborhoods, Illinois General Assembly, Penny Sebring, law, Nancy Hanks, magnet schools, newspapers, school integration, parents, school closing, school consolidation, CPS, diversity, Chicago Urban League, James Compton, Chicago Public Schools, HEW, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, busing, U.S. Department of Justice, Colored School law, Chicago Board of Education, school utilization, Equity and Excellence Commission, Brown v. Board of Education, 1954, Melody Elementary School, 1888, U.S. Supreme Court, Julius Hoffman, 1961, de jure segregation, de facto segregation, Annette Gurley, CTU, Chicago Teachers Union, Chicago Housing Authority, CHA, Pavlyn Jankov, Karen Lewis, University of Chicago, Consortium on Chicago School Research, Audio

News & Politics, Feature Dec 3, 2009
Alexi's Albatross

Can Alexi Giannoulias shake off the problems plaguing his family's bank to win Obama's old Senate seat?
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Feature, Alexi Giannoulias, Jan Schakowsky, Larry Suffredin, Barack Obama, Broadway Bank, David Hoffman, Chicago Urban League, Cheryle Robinson Jackson, Jacob Meister, Mark Kirk, Alexis Giannoulias, Anna Giannoulias, University of Chicago, Boston University, Tulane University, Demetris Giannoulias, Michael Iannaccone, MDI Investments, Crain's Chicago Business, most profitable bank, construction and development, C&D, brokered deposits, Lev Stratievsky, Boris Stratievsky, Tony Rezko, Michael Giorango, Loren Billings, Museum of Holography, Terrence Kasprzak, Peter Fitzgerald, George Ryan, Dan Hynes, Tom Hynes, Blair Hull, Gery Chico, Maria Pappas, Sean Conlon, Jim Houlihan, Jesse White, Walter Burnett, Harry Osterman, Dan Burke, John Stroger, Forrest Claypool, Roberto Maldonado, Joe Berrios, Burt Natarus, Manny Flores, Judy Baar Topinka, Michael Madigan, Paul Mangieri, Jesse Jackson Jr., Richard Mell, Konstantinos Boulis, Spiros Naos, Christine Radogno, Rod Blagojevich, Bright Start, Illinois college savnigs fund, OppenheimerFunds, Green Rewards, Cash For Clunkers, Mayor Daley, Kyle Orton, Wells Fargo, Hartmarx, Mark Beaubien, Lisa Madigan, Roland Burris, Tom Dart, Bill Daley, Christopher Kennedy, Jerry Morrison, SEIU, Service Employees International Union, FDIC, Delmarie Cobb, mortgage lenders

Blogs, Bleader Apr 4, 2007
Where is Dorothy?

Only one candidate showed up for the Chicago Urban League's Third Ward forum Tuesday night. Alderman Dorothy Tillman sent a "surrogate."
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: News, Clout City, Dorothy Tillman, Pat Dowell, Chicago Urban League, Third Ward

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The most violent week in Chicago history

The Newberry Library and community organizations are holding a year of conversations to reckon with the deadly race riots of 1919.

Video
Prosecutors drop charges against 15 men allegedly framed by dirty cop, and other Chicago news

Also, Chicago could see "record" Thanksgiving traffic next week.

Slideshow
Can shooting hoops keep gang members from shooting each other?

When Englewood gang members convene for a week in August to compete in the Battle of the Blocks basketball tournament, residents report a marked drop in violence in the neighborhood. Why aren’t there more programs like it?

Despite decriminalization, Chicago’s grass gap persists

It took statewide decriminalization to get Chicago cops to stop arresting mostly black Chicagoans for possession of small amounts of weed.

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.

Video
Urban League voters split on Democratic contest results

Attendees at an election night party in the South Loop react to Hillary Clinton's string of victories.

Segregation decreases but poverty increases in Chicago's black neighborhoods and other news

Also, the Chicago Tribune endorses Mike Madigan's primary challenger, and the Chicago Shakespeare Theater announces its Navy Pier expansion.

The fight to preserve a model public housing project

Lathrop Homes, on the western edge of Lincoln Park, has long been one of the Chicago Housing Authority's most diverse and successful properties. But today it's a shell of its former self.

Audio
Trying to make separate equal

Having failed at desegregation, Chicago has tried instead to provide quality education in poor, racially isolated schools. That hasn’t worked either.

Alexi's Albatross

Can Alexi Giannoulias shake off the problems plaguing his family's bank to win Obama's old Senate seat?

Where is Dorothy?

Only one candidate showed up for the Chicago Urban League's Third Ward forum Tuesday night. Alderman Dorothy Tillman sent a "surrogate."

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The Newberry Library and community organizations are holding a year of conversations to reckon with the deadly race riots of 1919.

Also, Chicago could see "record" Thanksgiving traffic next week.

When Englewood gang members convene for a week in August to compete in the Battle of the Blocks basketball tournament, residents report a marked drop in violence in the neighborhood. Why aren’t there more programs like it?

It took statewide decriminalization to get Chicago cops to stop arresting mostly black Chicagoans for possession of small amounts of weed.

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

Attendees at an election night party in the South Loop react to Hillary Clinton's string of victories.

Also, the Chicago Tribune endorses Mike Madigan's primary challenger, and the Chicago Shakespeare Theater announces its Navy Pier expansion.

Lathrop Homes, on the western edge of Lincoln Park, has long been one of the Chicago Housing Authority's most diverse and successful properties. But today it's a shell of its former self.

Having failed at desegregation, Chicago has tried instead to provide quality education in poor, racially isolated schools. That hasn’t worked either.

Can Alexi Giannoulias shake off the problems plaguing his family's bank to win Obama's old Senate seat?

Only one candidate showed up for the Chicago Urban League's Third Ward forum Tuesday night. Alderman Dorothy Tillman sent a "surrogate."

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