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Listen: Chicago youth leaders Miracle Boyd and China Smith reflect on activism, trauma, and growth

By Erisa Apantaku (South Side Weekly) and Adeshina Emmanuel | July 20, 2020

Two youth organizers with GoodKids MadCity share what activism has taught them, how it has affected them, and how they want to transform Chicago.

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Chicago school councils have just weeks to decide whether to keep cops on campus — but four are delaying the decision

By Pascal Sabino (Block Club Chicago), Maxwell Evans (Block Club Chicago) and Jamie Nesbitt Golden (Block Club Chicago) | July 14, 2020

More than 70 schools have to vote on the issue by Aug. 15, per a mandate from Chicago Public Schools.

This story is part of The Circuit, a data-driven collaboration to investigate and reveal how Cook County’s courts work.

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