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It requires dealing with three state agencies and potentially years of application review, but it might be worth it for multi-billion-dollar nonprofits like the University of Chicago.
Located in an unassuming part of the West Pullman neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side, this is the massive warehouse where engineers store and repair Metra locomotives and cars.
While Illinois has made some progress in decreasing incarceration, criminal justice reformers say “e-carceration,” or house arrest, can be harmful, too.
Malcolm Rich, executive director of the Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice, offers a look back at Cook County Courts’ bond system over the past decade– and a look at what’s next.
We spoke with the head of Cook County’s alternative court system to find out more about how they divert people from jail and decrease incarceration rates.
We spoke with musician and educator Rashida Phillips to learn about how the School is evolving, what the role means for her and her family and how she defines Black generational wealth.