TCR Talks Archives - The Chicago Reporter

The Chicago Reporter Welcomes New Interim Editor and Publisher

The Chicago Reporter — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 19:25:02 +0000

The Community Renewal Society is unrelenting in its commitment to supporting the independent, in-depth work of the Chicago Reporter, and with that we are happy to share with you that Glenn Reedus will be leading the Chicago Reporter as Interim Editor and Publisher.

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Charles Green says his fight for decades of Chicago police misconduct records is about clearing his name

Josh McGhee — Fri, 24 Jul 2020 19:25:00 +0000

In an interview with The Chicago Reporter, Green tells us about life after prison and what the controversial settlement he was offered would mean for him.

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‘It’s really a revolution’: Ja’Mal Green on protests taking over Chicago and the nation and what’s next for the movement

Josh McGhee — Fri, 05 Jun 2020 12:45:00 +0000

In an interview with The Chicago Reporter, the local organizer explains why ongoing mass demonstrations in response to the police killing of George Floyd are different from those about Laquan McDonald five years ago.

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‘Freeway’ Rick Ross’ advice to black Chicagoans heading into the legal marijuana business: don’t sell out

Josh McGhee — Fri, 13 Dec 2019 14:37:44 +0000

In an interview with The Chicago Reporter, the prolific former drug trafficker shares his take on how social equity measures fall short for black and brown people in the cannabis industry.

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How one filmmaker is using artificial intelligence to uncover surveillance of her Muslim community in Chicago

Asraa Mustufa — Thu, 10 Oct 2019 19:28:08 +0000

Assia Boundaoui is leveraging the FBI’s decades of targeting communities of color to “fill in the blanks” of records she obtained in a federal FOIA battle as depicted in the documentary “The Feeling of Being Watched,” airing Oct. 14 on PBS.

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