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Chicago’s 250 Year History of Segregation

Zachary Leiter — Wed, 30 Aug 2023 17:07:53 +0000

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 individuals elsewhere in the country, and significantly less likely […]

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Public banking can help bridge the racial wealth gap in the post-pandemic recovery

Ameya Pawar and Harish I. Patel — Tue, 07 Jul 2020 16:50:21 +0000

By using public money to create local funds, public banks can reverse decades of racist disinvestment to repair Black and Brown communities hardest hit by the COVID-19 recession.

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Land loss has plagued black America since emancipation – is it time to look again at ‘black commons’ and collective ownership?

Julian Agyeman and Kofi Boone — Thu, 18 Jun 2020 17:40:00 +0000

Black farmers own far less land than they did in 1910 and the racial gap in homeownership is at the highest level for 50 years.

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Is your neighborhood raising your coronavirus risk? Redlining decades ago set communities up for greater danger

Jeremy Németh and Sarah Rowan — Fri, 29 May 2020 14:30:00 +0000

Neighborhood characteristics like pollution from busy roads, widespread public transit use and lack of community-based health care are putting certain communities at greater risk from COVID-19.

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The plunder of black wealth in Chicago, captured in film

Bob Chiarito — Wed, 05 Jun 2019 20:52:08 +0000

Black families in Chicago lost an estimated $4 billion due to predatory contract buying, a Duke University’s Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity study found. Artist in residence Bruce Orenstein spoke to surviving victims.

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