n 2016, Kim Foxx was swept into office on a wave of community outrage over the way her predecessor, Anita Alvarez, handled the 2014 police murder of Laquan McDonald. Foxx, who grew up in Cabrini-Green, attended law school at Southern Illinois University and worked as an Assistant State’s Attorney for more than a decade before […]
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Keeping Tabs on Kim Foxx
Promise: Reducing the prosecution of low-level nonviolent felonies Foxx directed her office to stop prosecuting shoplifting cases under $1,000 as felonies and to dismiss many drug cases in favor of alternative prosecution programs. Overall, Foxx declined to prosecute more than 5,000 cases that would have been pursued had the prosecution rates under Anita Alvarez held. […]
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Reframing the Narrative
he decision to use lethal force is made in a split second, and is based on the safety of the officer and of the surrounding community, according to Chicago Police Department Superintendent Eddie Johnson. That’s the way he justified the police killing of Harith Augustus, known as “Snoop” by friends and family, in a public […]
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Holiday Gift Guide, Markets, and Ways to Give Back
Augustine’s Apothecary for the Soul Augustine’s sells whatever you need to get your mojo right this holiday season. From custom-made oils and lotions to stones and amulets, Augustine’s truly is an apothecary for the soul. The staff at Augustine’s can walk you through how to perform candle rituals or help you pick out a crystal. […]
Posted inRadio
SSW Radio: Ric Wilson, Tracye Eileen, and More
This week on SSW Radio we talked with two new artists about their new releases and got a recap of Chicago’s bond system “Negrow Disco was more of an ode to people, the queer Black and brown folks that started disco. Soul Bounce was kind of more of me coming and establishing my sound / […]
Posted inPolitics
Evans’s Bond Court Order Under Watch
t a presentation held last month at the Grace Place Episcopal Church in Printer’s Row, the Coalition to End Money Bond released the most recent results of its community court-watching initiative. Their efforts tracked the implementation of an order, issued by Circuit Court Chief Judge Timothy Evans, that bond court judges set more affordable bonds […]
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The Battle Against Money Bonds
This series was a finalist for the 2018 “Best Feature Series” in a non-daily newspaper or magazine Peter Lisagor Award from the Chicago Headline Club The second in a series on pretrial detention avette Mayes, a mother from the Southeast Side detained pretrial for her inability to pay bail, spent fourteen months in jail before […]
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Jailhouse Religion
Some faith-based rehabilitation programs offer a rare, non-punitive space for those incarcerated—but do they blur the separation of church and state?
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Your Guide to the Statehouse Democratic Primary
These are the candidates running to represent the South Side in Springfield.
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The Race to Replace Kim Foxx
The Cook County State’s Attorney is retiring after eight years in which she enacted sweeping reforms. Will her successor build upon that legacy—or roll it back?