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    Cook County Jail election guide rejection harms voters and the free press

    By Juliet Sorensen | October 29, 2020

    County officials say the jail mailroom accidentally rejected Injustice Watch’s judicial election guide. But accidents violate the Constitution, too.

    Elections

    Black Chicago youth are disenchanted by 2020 election options, but hope for a progressive future

    By Matt Harvey (The TRiiBE) | October 28, 2020

    Their idea of progress isn’t attained by settling for incremental reforms.

    Commentary

    Watch: Wrongfully convicted Chicago man reflects on the power of judges

    By Resita Cox | October 5, 2020

    Ieliot Jackson spent nearly eight years in prison after he was wrongfully convicted of selling less than one gram of heroin. He was granted a certificate of innocence in 2019. Jackson recounts the obstacles he faced in the courts and why it is important to always #CheckYourJudges.

    Essential Work

    Listen: Youth organizers discuss Black joy, West Side history and the future

    By Erisa Apantaku (South Side Weekly) and Adeshina Emmanuel | October 1, 2020

    “We are the revolution. It is in our bodies. It is in our bones. It is in our art. It is in the way that we speak.”

    Essential Work

    ‘To be a West Side organizer’

    By Destiny Harris | September 28, 2020

    “We understand,” community organizer Destiny Harris writes, “that we will never have access to the resources we need in abundance if we wait on the government.”

    Essential Work

    ‘My ancestors were freedom fighters, and they’re teaching me how to fight’

    By Kaleb Autman | September 22, 2020

    Let Us Breath organizer Kaleb Autman, 18, reflects on his awakening as a West Side activist and how he’s responding to the needs of his community.

    Commentary

    Amara Enyia: Beware ‘dialogue as spectacle’ in fight to transform Chicago police

    By Amara Enyia | September 15, 2020

    “A truth and reconciliation process may create sympathy,” writes former Chicago mayoral candidate Amara Enyia. “But justice isn’t about sympathy and sentiment – it’s about tangible action.”

    Commentary

    Appeals court condemns humiliating mass strip search of women prisoners

    By Alan Mills (Uptown People's Law Center) | September 10, 2020

    Despite the apparent potential for abuse, the federal courts have historically taken a hands-off approach to prison strip searches—but that changed last month, writes attorney Alan Mills.

    Commentary

    Black Chicago has been looted for decades

    By Carlos Ballesteros | September 1, 2020

    Three weeks ago, the nation was transfixed on images of people running out of downtown stores with their hands full. But the historic plunder of Black Chicago deserves our attention, too.

    Commentary

    Hundreds serving mandatory life sentences under Illinois ‘three strikes’ law

    By Jennifer Soble (Illinois Prison Project) | August 18, 2020

    “Each received what amounts to a death sentence for one horrifying but familiar reason: race,” writes attorney and advocate Jennifer Soble.

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