In Chicago, lenders have invested more in a single white neighborhood than all the black neighborhoods combined. Call it modern-day redlining.By, WBEZ; , City Bureau; WBEZPublished June 3, 2020Eighty years ago, the federal government drew around Chicago’s black neighborhoods and warned banks not to make home loans there. Today, discrimination in housing is outlawed, and are supposed to ensure banks lend in all neighborhoods. But a new analysis by WBEZ and the nonprofit newsroom City Bureau shows gaping disparities in the amount of money lent in Chicago’s white neighborhoods...…In Chicago, lenders have invested more in a single white neighborhood than all the black neighborhoods combined. Call it modern-day redlining.By, WBEZ; , City Bureau; WBEZPublished June 3, 2020Eighty years ago, the federal government drew around Chicago’s black neighborhoods and warned banks not to make home loans there. Today, discrimination in housing is outlawed, and are supposed to ensure banks lend in all neighborhoods. But a new analysis by WBEZ and the nonprofit newsroom City Bureau shows gaping disparities in the amount of money lent in Chicago’s white neighborhoods...WW…

A nonprofit news organization covering the U.S. criminal justice systemSearchProjectsTopicsAboutFeedback?Illustration by Ross SneddonAn Alabama man killed by a K-9 officer was one of thousands of Americans bitten by police dogs every year. Few ever get justice.ByBy , , , andhe tiny pink house was pretty much empty. And run-down and dark, since the electricity had been shut off. Nevertheless, someone was trying to burglarize it, a caller told 911 well after midnight on a Sunday in Montgomery, Alabama.The police called in a K-9 handler and his dog, Niko, to search 3809 Cresta Circle. The dog...…A nonprofit news organization covering the U.S. criminal justice systemSearchProjectsTopicsAboutFeedback?Illustration by Ross SneddonAn Alabama man killed by a K-9 officer was one of thousands of Americans bitten by police dogs every year. Few ever get justice.ByBy , , , andhe tiny pink house was pretty much empty. And run-down and dark, since the electricity had been shut off. Nevertheless, someone was trying to burglarize it, a caller told 911 well after midnight on a Sunday in Montgomery, Alabama.The police called in a K-9 handler and his dog, Niko, to search 3809 Cresta Circle. The dog...WW…

Content warning:[Get the Weekly in your mailbox.  to the print edition today.]✶ ✶ ✶ ✶A proposed bill would look into fifty strangulation cases in the South and West SidesClose to 500 Local School Councils in Chicago Public Schools held their elections this past NovemberPlagued by memories of past school closings, they organized against a plan to consolidate three schoolsA proposed bill would look into fifty strangulation cases in the South and West SidesClose to 500 Local School Councils in Chicago Public Schools held their elections this past NovemberPlagued by memories of past...…Content warning:[Get the Weekly in your mailbox.  to the print edition today.]✶ ✶ ✶ ✶A proposed bill would look into fifty strangulation cases in the South and West SidesClose to 500 Local School Councils in Chicago Public Schools held their elections this past NovemberPlagued by memories of past school closings, they organized against a plan to consolidate three schoolsA proposed bill would look into fifty strangulation cases in the South and West SidesClose to 500 Local School Councils in Chicago Public Schools held their elections this past NovemberPlagued by memories of past...WW…