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A report meant to make the mayor’s case for qualified immunity showed ten years of CPD lawsuits that cost Chicago taxpayers more than half a billion dollars.

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From Playgrounds to Policing

A historian describes Chicago’s shifting attitudes toward so-called delinquent children.

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Anti-Asian Violence Stirs Conversation on Policing and Abolition in Chicago’s AAPI Communities 

Communities of Asian descent reflect on a year of heightened anxiety

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Op-Ed: Communities Deserve to Have a Say in Our Own Public Safety

Chicago can’t afford to wait any longer to fix its police department; pass the Empowering Communities for Public Safety ordinance.

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Media descriptions of children who died in CPD encounters

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Lightfoot Quietly Lobbied for Qualified Immunity A report meant to make the mayor’s case for qualified immunity showed ten years of CPD lawsuits that cost Chicago taxpayers more than half a billion dollars. Illustration: @collins_cameron Link in bio

Lightfoot Quietly Lobbied for Qualified Immunity

A report meant to make the mayor’s case for qualified immunity showed ten years of CPD lawsuits that cost Chicago taxpayers more than half a billion dollars.

Illustration: @collins_cameron

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From Playgrounds to Policing: A historian describes Chicago’s shifting attitudes toward so-called delinquent children, and how they applied—or didn’t—to Black and brown children. 🎨 @collins_cameron

From Playgrounds to Policing:
A historian describes Chicago’s shifting attitudes toward so-called delinquent children, and how they applied—or didn’t—to Black and brown children.

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Anti-Asian Violence Stirs Conversation on Policing and Abolition in Chicago’s AAPI Communities 📸@sarahdashji @yiwen.luu

Anti-Asian Violence Stirs Conversation on Policing and Abolition in Chicago’s AAPI Communities

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Pick up our latest issue. It includes our breaking story on Anthony Alvarez, plus: End the City’s ShotSpotter Contract, Vaccines in Asian Communities, Running for the South Side, a historical look at media and police attitudes toward children, and more inside!

Pick up our latest issue. It includes our breaking story on Anthony Alvarez, plus: End the City’s ShotSpotter Contract, Vaccines in Asian Communities, Running for the South Side, a historical look at media and police attitudes toward children, and more inside! ...

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Op-Ed: End the City’s ShotSpotter Contract. Surveillance technologies are destroying lives in Chicago. By Lucy Parsons Labs and Freddy Martinez Illustration: @lucasmakeslines Link in bio

Op-Ed: End the City’s ShotSpotter Contract. Surveillance technologies are destroying lives in Chicago.

By Lucy Parsons Labs and Freddy Martinez

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BREAKING: Sources close to the investigation of the CPD’s killing of Anthony Alvarez say he was shot in the back, and he asked “Why are you shooting me” as he lay dying. An investigation by Madison Muller of South Side Weekly & Jamie Kalven of Invisible Institute Copublished with The Intercept Link in bio

BREAKING: Sources close to the investigation of the CPD’s killing of Anthony Alvarez say he was shot in the back, and he asked “Why are you shooting me” as he lay dying.

An investigation by Madison Muller of South Side Weekly & Jamie Kalven of Invisible Institute

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Last chance to apply for a section editor position at the Weekly! Apply before midnight tomorrow! Tell us why you should be our arts, education, or housing editor. (Or pitch us on a custom beat that you think we should be covering!) Link in bio for full job description and application form.

Last chance to apply for a section editor position at the Weekly! Apply before midnight tomorrow! Tell us why you should be our arts, education, or housing editor. (Or pitch us on a custom beat that you think we should be covering!)

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This week’s issue includes two op-eds from community residents about #AdamToledo, looking at the narratives about his death by police; also a timeline of CPD killing children, how media covers violence, and more. Together, these pieces make a call for justice. (Illustration: @thusisterstudio )

This week’s issue includes two op-eds from community residents about #AdamToledo, looking at the narratives about his death by police; also a timeline of CPD killing children, how media covers violence, and more. Together, these pieces make a call for justice. (Illustration: @thusisterstudio ) ...

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A casino will affect the whole city, and should the 78 site be proposed and chosen, there will be long-term impacts on surrounding neighborhoods, including Pilsen, the South Loop, and Bronzeville. Most immediately, it would affect Chinatown. 🎨@shanetolentin0

A casino will affect the whole city, and should the 78 site be proposed and chosen, there will be long-term impacts on surrounding neighborhoods, including Pilsen, the South Loop, and Bronzeville. Most immediately, it would affect Chinatown.

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Many people in Latinx communities are finding information about vaccines not only through official sources, but through word of mouth and community-based organizations that are doing bilingual outreach independently or as part of Protect Chicago Plus. There are still challenges with this approach—namely, that outreach to Spanish-speaking communities is not uniform and relies on under-resourced groups to do the heavy lifting.

Many people in Latinx communities are finding information about vaccines not only through official sources, but through word of mouth and community-based organizations that are doing bilingual outreach independently or as part of Protect Chicago Plus. There are still challenges with this approach—namely, that outreach to Spanish-speaking communities is not uniform and relies on under-resourced groups to do the heavy lifting. ...

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Being a Black woman from the hood is a superpower many can’t comprehend. Feat. Naira Ikoro, Ceiara Herbert, Tonika Johnson, E’mon Lauren, Inez White

Being a Black woman from the hood is a superpower many can’t comprehend.

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Anthony Alvarez

April 28, 2021

The Justice Issue

April 14, 2021April 15, 2021

Stop Asian Hate

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