Three school board members backed the proposal, but they could not sway their colleagues.
Immigration
Southwest Side construction worker quickly deported to Mexico while awaiting DACA decision
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With the Trump administration seeking to kill the Obama-era program for immigrants, Jesus Alberto ‘Beto’ Lopez Gutierrez, 25, was deported after suing ICE.
Commentary
Why I’m terminating my membership with the Chicago police union
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An open letter to John Catanzara, the newly elected president of the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 7.
News
Students and alums reveal racist culture at top Chicago private school
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Hundreds of stories of racism, xenophobia, and abuse at the Latin School of Chicago have surfaced via an anonymous Instagram account, Latin Survivors.
News
Illinois DCFS visitation ban may cause lasting harm
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Parents and advocates say a policy that banned in-person visits for three months in response to the coronavirus exemplifies a racist child welfare system that harms Black families.
News
Activists petition Illinois public health department to shut down Vienna prison
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Activists and family members of people incarcerated at Vienna say that issues with water and electricity have made the prison unlivable, especially during a pandemic.
News
Cook County commissioners consider protesters’ call to defund jail
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After hundreds protested outside the jail Thursday morning, the Cook County Board of Commissioners advanced a non-binding resolution to shift funds from policing and incarceration to public services.
Coronavirus
Illinois released white inmates at disproportionately high rates amid pandemic, report shows
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State prisons now hold an even larger proportion of Black and Latinx prisoners than before COVID-19 hit, according to a new analysis.
Commentary
Amara Enyia: Chicago must defund—not just reform—the police
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“Reform is a perfectly warm, comforting blanket. It is comfortable and sedating. But it also smothers.”
Police and Prosecutors
Champaign County judge gave high bonds after weekend of unrest
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“I guess they wanted to make an example out of us,” said Shantee Mason-Tanzie, one of 26 people arrested after alleged looting in Champaign County on May 31.
Commentary
‘I didn’t envision being released in a pandemic’
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Curtis Ferdinand dreamt of freedom for 24 years. But he never imagined getting out of prison at a time like this, amid a public health crisis and racial unrest.