The People
The voices of everyday Chicagoans
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Aug 03 2021PERSPECTIVE | Survivors of police torture are still in prison. Here’s how to help them get out.
In the 1990s, Elijah Gerald Reed signed a false confession after Chicago police arrested and tortured him. He was later conviction for a double murder and sentenced to natural life.
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Apr 16 2021
COMMENTARY | I don’t need to see Adam Toledo’s murder video to know Chicago police be lying
Trying to wean the U.S. off its addiction to the punishment and enslavement of BIPOC peoples has actually been much too long a process.
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Apr 12 2021
OPINION | Student loan debt: America’s hidden racial equity crisis
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle calls on federal leaders to make good on promises for student loan forgiveness.
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Mar 25 2021
COMMENTARY | You can’t “stop Asian hate” without first eradicating anti-Blackness in America
The Asian spa shootings highlight two things: none of us are exempt from the fight against white supremacy and none of us are safer when police respond to crimes against us.
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Mar 08 2021
PERSPECTIVE | I haven’t seen my mom in months and it’s making me depressed
Marcus Day writes about his mother, who is diagnosed with dementia and has been living in a nursing home during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Feb 25 2021
OPINION | Addressing health care disparities in the Black community during the COVID-19 pandemic
Chicago Urban League president Karen Freeman-Wilson discusses how the pandemic is worsening health care disparities for Black people.
