By CTU Communications | December 3, 2018 | _News, _Press Release
File under: Chicago Board of Education, Facilities, Gentrification, Racism, School Closings
CHICAGO, December 3, 2018—Chicago Teachers Union President Jesse Sharkey issued the following statement today in response to a judge’s injunction against CPS’ closure of National Teachers Academy—and CPS’ subsequent announcement that it would no... 
By Sarah Rothschild | June 6, 2018 | Housing
File under: affordable housing, community development, Gentrification, opportunity gap, Poverty, Segregation
The Chicago region’s homes are under water and it is not due to the annual flooding from the Des Plaines River. Chicago ranks 2nd in the nation for the most homes that owe more money than they’re worth. And the majority of those homes are on the South Side.
