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Chicago’s closed schools should be redesigned for safe post-pandemic learning in Black neighborhoods

Rachel Weber — Fri, 17 Jul 2020 12:30:00 +0000

School buildings notoriously shuttered by Chicago Public Schools in 2013 could now be used to facilitate classroom social distancing, especially in communities hardest hit by COVID-19.

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Felony murder: Charging black teens for their friend’s death is a crime

Saeed Richardson — Fri, 23 Aug 2019 00:25:20 +0000

An archaic law that even its originators no longer use is especially harsh in Illinois.

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Counterpoint: As college graduates, we are Urban Prep’s reputation

Tue, 02 Jul 2019 19:08:31 +0000

As Black boys from the “hood,” we weren’t supposed to succeed in college but we did because of Urban Prep, a group of alumni write in a response to criticism of the school.

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Breaking myths about black fatherhood this Father’s Day

Saeed Richardson — Thu, 13 Jun 2019 18:21:42 +0000

The inaccurate perception that African American families are devastated by absent fathers that need to return to their responsibilities informs policy and law formulation in a variety of harmful ways.

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Chicago’s gangs have changed. Our violence intervention strategies should too.

Tue, 16 Apr 2019 21:33:25 +0000

To address the changing dynamics of gang activity, Chicago needs to combat concentrated poverty in African-American neighborhoods instead of continuing to criminally target economically disenfranchised youth.

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