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Op-Ed: Chicago Desperately Needs an Elected School Board

As calls to remove police from schools continue, CPS chooses to keep the school-to-prison pipeline intact

by Dimitriy Leksanov
July 8, 2020July 10, 2020

Op-Ed: Chicago’s Overpoliced Neighborhoods Will Remain “Occupied” Until the City Defunds CPD

Simon Balto’s history of police in Black Chicago shows why CPD can’t be reformed

by Bobby Vanecko
June 24, 2020July 9, 2020

Op-Ed: The Nonprofit Case to Defund the Police

Now is the time to fully fund social services in the name of public safety

by Jackie Rosa
June 24, 2020July 9, 2020

Op-Ed: Bringing Chicago Home in a Time of Crisis

Housing advocates continue to push for a dedicated funding stream to address the city’s homelessness crisis

by Bobby Vanecko
May 12, 2020

Op-Ed: Losing Home

Lessons from the 2008 housing crisis for today

by Julian Hendrix
April 28, 2020

Op-Ed: A Just Cause for Chicago Tenants

Organizers and aldermen continue the push for a new standard for evictions

by Bobby Vanecko
April 27, 2020May 15, 2020

Op-Ed: Small neighborhood businesses need you now more than ever

No, the federal PPP loans did not help your local café, bakery, or taquería

by Jesse Iñiguez
April 27, 2020May 3, 2020

Op-Ed: Towards a Free, Carbon-free, and Police-free CTA

It is imperative as a matter of racial and economic justice, as well as environmental and fiscal necessity

by Bobby Vanecko
April 14, 2020April 25, 2020

Op-Ed: To Shape the Future of Policing, We Must Preserve Its History

The Fraternal Order of Police threatens to destroy nearly all of Chicago’s police misconduct records

by Maira Khwaja and Emma Perez
March 31, 2020April 3, 2020

Op-Ed: A Bad Law Must Be Broken

Why the possible Chicago teachers’ strike is about so much more than pay and benefits

by Dave Stieber
October 15, 2019October 31, 2019
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