Crime & Law
3 years
ago
Q&A: The High Costs of Incarceration in a Divided City
Ryan Lugalia-Hollon talks about the new book “The War on Neighborhoods,” the yearly costs of locking up the residents of just one neighborhood, and the possible alternatives.
3 years
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Records Suggest Chicago’s Gang Database Is Full of Errors
163 people in their 70s or 80s are in the 128,000-plus records, as well as people who are supposedly 118 and 132 years old, as well as members of the “Thorndale Jagoffs.”
3 years
ago
The 1968 Chicago Riots—Why the West Side?
The area was at the tail end of the Great Migration, and still under the tight control of white ward bosses, when the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. set off the conflagration.
3 years
ago
Are Changing Ward Lines a Source of Chicago’s Violence?
A University of Chicago sociologist is investigating the possibility that small areas, which have been shifted between wards over the years, are more prone to it—perhaps because they fall through the political cracks.
3 years
ago
Illinois Will Finally Close the Gender Wage Gap… In 2065
There’s a lot of legislation on the table to get there, but there’s also a long way to go, including addressing the “motherhood penalty.”
3 years
ago
What Can Be Done About Facebook and Privacy?
Privacy-law expert Lior Strahilevitz talks about why the Cambridge Analytica scandal is the company’s hardest challenge yet, and why the biggest thing it has to worry about is its product making people unhappy.
3 years
ago
The Stairwell
You know how this story ends: a fierce struggle between two men, a police commander shot dead outside the Thompson Center. But what you don’t know is how it begins.
3 years
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How Court Costs Trap People in Poverty—and How Lawmakers Are Trying to Fix It
Illinois residents who move through either the criminal or civil court system can end up with thousands of dollars in fees owed to dozens of agencies—which carry burdens beyond the financial. But activists and politicians are trying to lift the burden so they can move on.
3 years
ago
Photos: March For Our Lives in Chicago
Thousands of people gathered in Union Park on Saturday for the youth-led protest. Here’s what it looked like.
3 years
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