civil rights Archives - The Chicago Reporter http://www.chicagoreporter.com/tag/civil-rights/ Investigating race and poverty since 1972 Tue, 23 Feb 2021 19:00:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/logo-1-reverse-1-150x150-1.png civil rights Archives - The Chicago Reporter http://www.chicagoreporter.com/tag/civil-rights/ 32 32 163009088 As Trump relaunches Countering Violent Extremism, records on past Illinois program reveal links to FBI, law enforcement https://www.chicagoreporter.com/as-trump-relaunches-countering-violent-extremism-records-on-past-illinois-program-reveal-links-to-fbi-law-enforcement/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/as-trump-relaunches-countering-violent-extremism-records-on-past-illinois-program-reveal-links-to-fbi-law-enforcement/#respond Fri, 14 Aug 2020 19:05:00 +0000 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=6346503 Leading Democrats including Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have previously voiced support for the controversial counterterrorism program now being included in broader demands to defund and divest from law enforcement.

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]]> https://www.chicagoreporter.com/as-trump-relaunches-countering-violent-extremism-records-on-past-illinois-program-reveal-links-to-fbi-law-enforcement/feed/ 0 6346503 What the Supreme Court’s decision on LGBT employment discrimination will mean for transgender Americans https://www.chicagoreporter.com/what-the-supreme-courts-decision-on-lgbt-employment-discrimination-will-mean-for-transgender-americans/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/what-the-supreme-courts-decision-on-lgbt-employment-discrimination-will-mean-for-transgender-americans/#respond Thu, 18 Jun 2020 16:35:00 +0000 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=6109752 In a national survey, transgender individuals had worse employment outcomes, lower incomes and higher rates of poverty than cisgender people.

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]]> https://www.chicagoreporter.com/what-the-supreme-courts-decision-on-lgbt-employment-discrimination-will-mean-for-transgender-americans/feed/ 0 6109752 Federal civil rights agency: Unequal discipline of women in prison must be addressed https://www.chicagoreporter.com/doj-report-unequal-discipline-of-women-in-prison-must-be-addressed/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/doj-report-unequal-discipline-of-women-in-prison-must-be-addressed/#respond Thu, 27 Feb 2020 22:04:00 +0000 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=5553394 Federal agency cites collaborative investigation by the Reporter, NPR and the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University which exposed disparities at prisons across the country.

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]]> https://www.chicagoreporter.com/doj-report-unequal-discipline-of-women-in-prison-must-be-addressed/feed/ 0 5553394 Black Americans mostly left behind by progress since Dr. King’s death https://www.chicagoreporter.com/black-americans-mostly-left-behind-by-progress-since-dr-kings-death/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/black-americans-mostly-left-behind-by-progress-since-dr-kings-death/#respond Fri, 24 Jan 2020 11:50:35 +0000 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=5390397 A minority politics scholar assesses black progress 52 years after MLK's death based on poverty, jobs and wealth. 'In some ways,' she concludes, 'we've barely budged as a people.'

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]]> https://www.chicagoreporter.com/black-americans-mostly-left-behind-by-progress-since-dr-kings-death/feed/ 0 5390397 Does the Civil Rights Act protect LGBT workers? The Supreme Court is about to decide https://www.chicagoreporter.com/does-the-civil-rights-act-protect-lgbt-workers-the-supreme-court-is-about-to-decide/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/does-the-civil-rights-act-protect-lgbt-workers-the-supreme-court-is-about-to-decide/#respond Mon, 25 Nov 2019 15:19:26 +0000 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=5092765 The U.S. Supreme Court will rule on how the Civil Rights Act applies to LGBT people. A business law scholar explains why it could be one of the most consequential discrimination cases in decades.

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