In this week’s episode, we discuss two studies about financial struggles, “The Color of Wealth in Chicago”, an examination of racial wealth disparities in the Windy City, and the National True Cost of Living survey.
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Newsclips
City orders audit after pay mix-up for hundreds of laborers
Reparations how? Mayor Johnson's task force is beside the point on what's needed to fix Chicago
On Juneteenth, one man’s unwavering quest for reparations
What's being done to fill empty storefronts as people pack Michigan Avenue and the Loop?
Logan Square residents get free air conditioners amid Chicago’s heat wave
Chicago is one of the worst-run cities in US, study finds
Chicago Public Media unions seek CEO’s immediate ouster amid a no-confidence vote
The Blackest administration: how Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is shaping representative politics
Taxpayer money should match Chicago campaign donations, alderman proposes
Illinois GOP leadership teetering
Chicago Secret Service discusses DNC preparations amid resident concerns
Biden campaign: Trump caught in lie about Chicago hotel stay, ducking Wisconsin
A recipe for mushroom toast from a cookbook raising funds to feed Chicago's unhoused
Memorial services planned for former Rainbow PUSH chief of staff John Mitchell
City officials debate addition of digital billboards to Chicago Riverwalk
Tips for Chicagoans on how to prevent heat stroke and other hot weather-related illnesses
‘A whole lot of hope': Group holds freedom walk to celebrate Juneteenth along Chicago lakefront
Infamous Chicago Spire hole gets filled
Immigration
Chicago spends on migrants, then evicts them from shelters
Mayor Brandon Johnson reacts to President Biden's immigration order
Education
Chicago Public Schools considers renaming three elementary schools
Public safety & criminal justice
A bullet to the leg put a Chicago police officer on the path to the suburbs
Mayor Brandon Johnson expands emergency fund for victims of Chicago gun violence
Creation care
Global council on business sustainability opens office in Chicago, its second in the US
Transit
CTA's problems are driving people out of Chicago
As heat cranks up, rail service sometimes has to slow down
CTA’s Father’s Day service fail left Blue Line riders stranded in heat
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