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Friday, April 26, 2024

Esther Yoon-Ji Kang

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Jennifer Tackett and her daughter, Coco Tackett-Kurth, participate in a guided discussion on racism and prejudice at Northwestern University.
Education
Talking to your kids about race can reduce bias, a Northwestern professor found
Psychologist Sylvia Perry studied conversations between white parents and their school-aged children to understand prejudice.
By Esther Yoon-Ji Kang
 
Chicago
A Supreme Court case could make it easier for cities to criminalize homelessness, Illinois advocates say
Later this month the justices will hear a case that will determine whether cities can use local laws to ban homeless people from sleeping outside with a blanket or other bedding.
By Esther Yoon-Ji Kang
 
The Roseland Medical and Retail Center strip mall on West 111th Street.
Roseland
Roseland residents are given a chance to co-own a strip mall
A social enterprise firm is recruiting people in the South Side neighborhood to invest in projects designed to open up real estate ownership.
By Esther Yoon-Ji Kang
 
Dobra Bielinski, who has run Delightful Pastries on the far Northwest Side for nearly 25 years, holding a sampling of apple slices, once a popular dessert dish in Chicago.
Food and Restaurants
Apple slices are a nearly forgotten piece of Chicago pastry history
The dessert was popular in the 1950s and 1960s and supposedly a favorite of Mayor Richard J. Daley. Today, though, only a few Chicago bakeries sell it.
By Esther Yoon-Ji Kang
 
Al’s Cookie Mixx owner Alvin Green packs cookies for a charity event with employee Jasmine Glover.
Money
Son’s autism inspires Chicago dad’s custom cookies bakery
Disability advocates say businesses like Alvin Green’s develop because there isn’t a reliable system of helping people with special needs to find and keep jobs.
By Esther Yoon-Ji Kang
 
Bridgett Vance, a home-based daycare provider in Chatham, comforts a child.
Money
Illinois home-based child care providers often make minimum wage — or less
As more day care operators leave for better-paying jobs, families have fewer child care options, according to the union that represents 15,000 providers.
By Esther Yoon-Ji Kang
 
Karlos Ramírez, vicepresidente de alcance latino del Instituto Internacional de St. Louis, en el Ayuntamiento después de reunirse con funcionarios en Chicago.
Algunos migrantes podrían ser reubicados a St. Louis donde hay escasez de mano de obra
La Iniciativa de Alcance Latino sigue el modelo de un programa similar de los últimos años para llevar refugiados afganos a St. Louis.
By Esther Yoon-Ji Kang
 
Asylum-seekers, most of them from Venezuela, at an encampment outside the Chicago Police District 3 station in Woodlawn. The nonprofit International Institute of St. Louis is partnering with unions and philanthropic leaders in hops of resettling some Chicago migrants in their city.
Immigration
Some Chicago migrants could end up in St. Louis amid efforts to boost jobs, stem population loss
Karlos Ramirez of the International Institute of St. Louis visited Chicago this week to explore the possibility of bringing migrants to his city, perhaps thousands of them.
By Esther Yoon-Ji Kang
 
Maritze Garcia performs a traditional dance while wearing Indigenous American clothing at Pottawattomie Park in Rogers Park.
Chicago
Indigenous Peoples Day or Columbus Day? Groups say it’s time to leave Columbus behind
Chicago, Cook County and the state of Illinois all observe Columbus Day, but some are calling for new ways to celebrate Italian heritage.
By Esther Yoon-Ji Kang