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Hunger striker Cathy Dale, left supporter Yolanda Redman, 36, striker Jeanette Taylor-Ramann, 40, and supporter Carmen Hunter pray before a press conference to respond to city's proposal for Dyett High School in Chicago on Sept. 4, 2015.Jeanette Taylor-Ramann gets hair done for the press conference. (Zbigniew Bzdak/baiduhai)

Jitu Brown and Ald. Jason Ervin: Chicago has zero tolerance for any school closings or consolidations

September 20, 2024 at 4:24 p.m.

School cuts and closures increased violence in our communities and drove hundreds of thousands of Black families out of Chicago.

Critical Exposure students adjust photographs for a student exhibit surrounding the school-to-prison pipeline at Capitol Hill Arts Workshop in Washington on Jan. 4, 2013.

Op-ed: We can fight the school-to-prison pipeline with better public education for students of color

January 12, 2022 at 6:31 p.m.

As 2022 begins, many may view with relief recent verdicts and actions in the U.S. justice system that may at long last signal a shift toward equal justice. The sentencing...

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