Munoz was extradited from Chicago to South Carolina, where he faces two counts of first-degree murder, one count of attempted ...

The South Loop in Chicago is one of those neighborhoods that has changed dramatically in recent decades. It's definitely a worthy One Tank Getaway destination.

A Chicago non-profit is working to reverse the negative effects of historic redlining by revitalizing and transforming 205 acres of vacant land on the Mid-South Side of the city, ...

Chicago’s South Side stands as a testament to the resilience and creativity of Black Americans who transformed a segregated area into a vibrant cultural center. The story begins with the Great ...

As part of WTTW’s effort, in partnership with South Side Weekly, to document the firsthand costs of segregation in Chicago, this map shows how the city’s population morphed between 1930 and 2020, but ...

In 2017, Johnson founded the Folded Map Project, which visually connects Chicago residents living at corresponding North Side and South Side addresses through photography and video interviews.

These maps, assembled by the federal Home Owners’ Loan Corporation (HOLC) formed the basis of mortgage and lending decisions for decades, until outlawed by the Fair Housing Act of 1968.

Maps of Chicago’s early ethnic composition show that immigrants and their descendants lived in clusters. A 1920s map by sociologist Frederic M. Thrasher placed the Polish and Bohemian enclaves ...

• Latino communities have also been impacted by redlining. More than 6,000 mostly vacant and abandoned properties offered at the 2022 Scavenger Sale are in often-redlined areas with significant Latino ...

So how did Chicago use redlining in the early to mid-20th century to deny many Blacks from achieving the American Dream? For an example on how the practice played out, let’s take a color-coded map ...

Amy Miller has covered this ground. More scholarship about Executive order 11063, 1937 Wagner Bill, Sttlement Movement of 1918, 1933 Neighborhood consumption rule, the 1934 housing bill, land scale ...