The tactic worked in Back of the Yards and Little Village. But activists in Bronzeville face difficult political and financial challenges in securing an open-enrollment high school to replace Dyett. Read more
HUD's specific, inclusive new definition of fair housing has the potential to increase integration and opportunity. But it offers significant challenges to those in the business of fair housing, and fears that it could empty out or gentrify neighborhoods that are most in need of help. Read more
The Department of Housing and Urban Development just announced new, robust guidelines for defining what fair housing is, and new tools to build it. But will they be enforced? Read more
A turn-of-the-century data-journalism project by the paper created a movement to clean up the holiday and the scourge of "patriotic tetanus" that always followed it. Read more
From the 1940s through today, librarians have lamented the color of kid's lit. The market might not provide diversity, but you can find it at your local library. Read more
Chicago's downtown population boom has received a lot of attention, but it's exceeded by the slower, steadier growth on the city's quiet far southwest side. Read more
