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"In the ’Hood with Lightfoot: Mayor Seeks Light on Chicago Violence after Dark"
Chicago Sun-Times

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"Inside the Ambitious Campaign to Push Chicago Homicides Below 400"
The Trace

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"It Was Never About Busing"
The New York Times
Related fellow: Nikole Hannah-Jones, 2017 MacArthur Fellow

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"The Workers in Our Homes Deserve Rights"
The New York Times
Related fellow: Ai-jen Poo, 2014 MacArthur Fellow

Criminal Justice
"Illinois' Prison Population Is Down 20 Percent - Who Gets Credit?"
Northern Public Radio

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"The Myth That Busing Failed"
The New York Times
Related fellow: Nikole Hannah-Jones, 2017 MacArthur Fellow
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