Injustice Watch is dedicated to undertaking research into causes of systemic injustice, and helping point the path to a more just society.
She plans to explore housing issues through an intersectional lens while examining current housing policies and programs and how they affect communities and people’s everyday lives.
Dukmasova joins us from the Chicago Reader, where she covered housing, criminal justice, and the courts. She will lead our coverage of judges, our signature beat.
This short film is part of Injustice Watch’s Essential Work project, a first-person storytelling series by young Black Chicago activists.
In 1963, a Black politician named Ben Lewis was shot to death in Chicago. Clues suggest the murder was a professional hit. Decades later, it remains no accident authorities never solved the crime.
In an interview with Editor-in-Chief Adeshina Emmanuel, Josh and Rita discussed what issues they’re covering, and how they’re making sense of 2020.
2020 was an unprecedented year, and our reporting team worked to cover the courts, judicial elections, the movement against racism and police violence, and Covid-19. Here are some of our best stories this year.
Cada juez del Condado de Cook que se postulaba para permanecer en su cargo, parecía estar preparado para conservar su lugar en el estrado.
Judge Michael Toomin, who was the target of opposition by juvenile justice advocates, appeared to narrowly hang on to his seat. Three other judges were also expected to win by slim margins, according to unofficial results as of Wednesday morning.
Guía de Injustice Watch para las Elecciones Judiciales generales y de retención del Condado de Cook de noviembre de 2020
Injustice Watch’s guide to the 2020 Cook County judicial general and retention elections.