social justice Archives - The Chicago Reporter http://www.chicagoreporter.com/tag/social-justice/ Investigating race and poverty since 1972 Tue, 22 Nov 2022 18:41:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/logo-1-reverse-1-150x150-1.png social justice Archives - The Chicago Reporter http://www.chicagoreporter.com/tag/social-justice/ 32 32 163009088 SAFE-T Act:  Illinois Legislators Weigh Changes to Law Says Disproportionately Affects Black and Brown Communities https://www.chicagoreporter.com/safe-t-act-illinois-legislators-weigh-changes-to-law-says-disproportionately-affects-black-and-brown-communities/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/safe-t-act-illinois-legislators-weigh-changes-to-law-says-disproportionately-affects-black-and-brown-communities/#comments Tue, 22 Nov 2022 17:27:50 +0000 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=7846084 UPDATE: This original story has been updated to include comments by IL. House Speaker, Emanuel ‘Chris’ Welch on the SAFE-T Act legislation, and its affects on communities of color and the impoverished. SPRINGFIELD |  The Illinois General Assembly finished its first week of the fall veto session without taking measures to the SAFE-T Act, known […]

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]]> https://www.chicagoreporter.com/safe-t-act-illinois-legislators-weigh-changes-to-law-says-disproportionately-affects-black-and-brown-communities/feed/ 2 7846084 13 essential social justice-themed films of the 2010s https://www.chicagoreporter.com/13-essential-social-justice-themed-films-of-the-2010s/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/13-essential-social-justice-themed-films-of-the-2010s/#respond Wed, 18 Dec 2019 01:18:59 +0000 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=5243367 Here’s our picks of films from the past decade that reflect the political, social and cultural upheaval that have shaped the times we live in now.

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