Alden Loury
Data Projects Editor, WBEZ/Columnist, Chicago Sun-Times
Remembering our last Mother’s Day together has eased the pain and regret I’ve felt since my mother’s death, Alden Loury writes. I owe my view of the world, and myself, to her.
Few venues catering to teens are found outside of downtown and surrounding areas. And neighborhood parks are getting even more dangerous.
Sizable runoff wins in majority-Black precincts allowed Brandon Johnson to erase a 60,000-plus vote deficit from the February general election.
Over many years of writing, reporting, editing and researching stories about urban crime, some of the most eye-opening conversations I’ve had about drug abuse, drug dealing and violent crime weren’t with police officers, elected officials or academics.
White voters can’t actually be afraid of violent crime because data shows they don’t really experience violent crime.
We are now in the middle of a Black quarterback renaissance in the NFL. Yet this latest milestone doesn’t erase the stigma that has stained the NFL’s evaluation and treatment of Black quarterbacks.
The Bronzeville-Black Metropolis National Heritage Area can help tell that story of what it has meant to be Black while living, working and playing in this city.