Illinois environmental advocates say coal ash cleanup isn’t happening fast enough
New rules are in effect to clean up the pollutants, but the state says issuing permits to do so is complex.
The Race, Class & Communities Desk seeks to provide enterprise reporting on broad themes and trends related to race and income in the Chicago metropolitan area and to provide beat coverage of topical issues including housing, immigration, work/opportunity and demographics.
New rules are in effect to clean up the pollutants, but the state says issuing permits to do so is complex.
The campus joins protests across the country calling on universities to divest from companies supporting Israel.
Hundreds of University of Chicago students set up an encampment in the Main Quadrangle on Monday, joining groups on over 100 university campuses nationwide in support of Palestinians.
Frenzied scenes at police stations where migrants were staying one year ago motivated a network of volunteers across Chicago that persists today.
Students linked arms and formed a line against police after Northwestern leaders said the tent encampment violated university policy.
City and state officials say they are in the planning stage of creating a unified shelter system.
After almost two centuries, the Indigenous nation is reestablishing the only reservation in Illinois.
The U.S. Department of the Interior announced the decision Friday, placing 130 acres into trust for the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, giving the tribal nation sovereignty over the land after the U.S. auctioned off its land 175 years ago.
Too often, we think segregation is self-selection. Instead, it’s the end result of a host of 20th-century laws, policies, ideas and practices that deliberately shaped our region.
The federal government regulates work permits but delays frustrate immigration advocates who want states to take charge.