CHICAGO (November 1, 2018) – “News of Target stores closing in predominantly African American communities only underscores why it is so important that we work to support local businesses, and in particular, small businesses. It is also why we must concentrate efforts in building diverse commercial corridors that serve the broad range of community needs. …
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CHICAGO (October 30, 2018) – ”The most single most effective element of police reform is to create a department in which transparency is valued and accountability is understood; in which service to community supersedes protecting a fellow officer from discipline, and in which the majority of excellent officers are not held back by the few bad …
CHICAGO (October 30, 2018) – “Eleven people were killed at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh on Saturday. Over this same weekend, 43 people were shot in Chicago – five fatally. Two African Americans in Kentucky were killed at a grocery store by a deranged shooter who had attempted to enter a Black Baptist …
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CHICAGO (October 17, 2018) — “It is laudable the mayor abandoned an ill-advised borrowing plan so the next mayor can implement a new vision for the city; one that represents the values of equity, justice, and abundance for all communities, while beginning a true fiscal reform. For far too long the budget has represented a …
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“We’re constantly told the solution to our financial mess is one that assuredly enriches the investor class and pays Wall Street handlers handsomely, and then — just maybe, if things go right — benefits us, too. If not, it’s Chicagoans who are stuck with the tab and clean up the mess. It’s time to …
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