- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 10, 2013
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A greener Chicago would be a safer Chicago
Urban farming and better care of vacant lots could reduce crime and improve life in poorer areas
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 20, 2012
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Endangering the lives of children: the ceaseless train of tragedy in segregated neighborhoods
Traumatic losses are almost commonplace for some kids in Chicago
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 13, 2012
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A model integrated community for Chicago to study
In Hope Meadows, a common purpose for residents—caring for each other—leads to real integration
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 10, 2012
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Parodies lost: why satire must be banned from the Internet
A modest proposal for a serious problem
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 6, 2012
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Another price of segregation: not just homicide, but countless walking wounded
More than 2,300 people have been shot in Chicago this year, and the toll is often great even for those who survive
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 30, 2012
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A different kind of busing approach to desegregation
Intergroup contact is especially important in a segregated city, and another argument for public transit
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 29, 2012
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Our segregation footprint
Daily personal choices can help move us toward integration
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 22, 2012
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Racial integration is possible in Chicago
In a city with a sordid history of segregation, there are beacons of light and reasons to be thankful
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 1, 2012
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"Why are whites afraid of blacks?"
Eighty-six-year-old Geneva Banks talks about her life in the segregated south and the segregated north
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 26, 2012
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Rahmnesia
On politicians not subject to recall
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 18, 2012
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Chicago schools: even more segregated than they seem
There's great potential for diverse schools in Cook County
- News & Features, Feature, Oct 17, 2012
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Two students, two high schools, two divergent paths to college
Jasmeen Wellere grew up on the south side, Hayley Himmelman on the North Shore. Both flourished in their classes, but they've faced very different challenges—and been afforded very different opportunities
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 11, 2012
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Should Emanuel move to Englewood?
Rahm's desegregation plan
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 4, 2012
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Chicago's growing racial gap in child poverty
In Chicago, the poverty rate for black kids is more than five times the rate for white kids. And the gap is growing.
- Blogs, Bleader, Sep 21, 2012
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Poverty still rising in Chicago
In a segregated city, growing poverty is easy to ignore
- Blogs, Bleader, Sep 11, 2012
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Census stats likely to show highest poverty rate since 1965
When will the presidential candidates notice?
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 23, 2012
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Chicago's poorest neighborhoods may also be its sleepiest
Race is a significant factor in how much sleep you get, according to a new study
- News & Features, Feature, Aug 22, 2012
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Deadly poverty
Homicide is just one of many killers plaguing Chicago's poor black neighborhoods
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 1, 2012
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The deeper drug war
There's a more cynical problem than the war on drugs
- Blogs, Bleader, Jul 26, 2012
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Concentrated poverty and homicide in Chicago
Segregation's lethal legacy marches on
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