Crain's Chicago Business2d
Chicago faces out-migration crisis as Black families seek better opportunities and safety elsewhere
“From the folks I know that have moved South, it’s just an easier, less stressful life,” says Ja’Net Defell, CEO of Community ...
'Our Chicago: Neighborhood Walk': Val Warner, Cheryl Burton explore Chatham
In her latest edition of "Our Chicago: Neighborhood Walk," Val Warner took a tour of Chatham with one of its most prominent ...
WBBM Radio Chicago on MSN11d
Chicago mortgage lender accused of redlining fined $105K
The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that Chicago-based Townstone Financial will pay a $105,000 ...
Coach houses, other accessory dwelling units would boost housing equity in Black neighborhoods
These units cost less to build and can provide families with an extra income stream. But a pilot program allowing ADUs favors the North and Northwest sides.
In 1949, a union official invited colleagues to his Englewood home. Some were Black. Violence ensued.
But this one was a bit different. In 1949, on Chicago’s South Side, white people fearful of Black people moving into their ...
Crain's Chicago Business13d
CFPB proposes $105,000 fine to settle Townstone redlining lawsuit
The government regulator claimed executives of the Chicago-based mortgage lender made comments on a weekly AM radio show that ...
Chicago Tribune9d
The Rev. Marshall Hatch Jr.: West Garfield Park is a neighborhood worth fighting for
Many of us on the West Side of Chicago have been wrestling with that very question. In West Garfield Park, a neighborhood that is 94% Black, 51% of its population has left since 1980. The trend is ...
CBS News22d
Chicago aldermen discuss disproportionate violence against Black women
CHICAGO (CBS)-- A Chicago City Council committee hearing on Wednesday focused on missing and murdered Black and brown women and girls and CBS News Chicago's investigation into the overall ...