(In)Justice For All Film Festival International – Film Screening and Filmmaker Panel Discussion October 27-29, 2022
The IFAFF International brings the power of film to educate, engage and grow the numbers of active allies in the fight to actualize transformative justice worldwide. For socially conscious film viewers, seeking knowledge and actionable resources, the festival has strong value. The many films we present provide a platform for filmmakers to reach their targeted […]
The Rev. Michael Pfleger, et al.: Chicagoans deserve an office dedicated to ending gun violence
Gun violence is everywhere. Here in Chicago, shootings happen in every neighborhood. And leaving the city is no escape, as we learned painfully last week in Highland Park. Gun violence is a pandemic, just like COVID-19. Just as we addressed that crisis as a community united, we must also bring all our resources together to […]
‘America Lost’: New Documentary Explores Story of 3 Forgotten US Cities and Deeper Human Crisis
The COVID-19 pandemic isn’t just a public health issue. It’s expected to expand poverty abroad and here at home with millions still out of work and business shuttering. A new documentary titled America Lost records the decline of three US cities pre-COVID: Youngstown, Ohio; Memphis, Tennessee; and Stockton, California. Produced by the Discovery Institute and […]
Volunteers load boxes and bags of food into residents’ cars from the Greater Chicago Food Depository
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter Share on email Email Share on print Print Share on reddit Reddit Volunteers load boxes and bags of food from the Greater Chicago Food Depository for residents in vehicles in the parking lot of Trinity United Church of Christ on May 1, 2020. Approximately 500 boxes of […]
Fed up with racism, more Black parents are homeschooling their children
When it comes to their kids, these parents say they will do all the teaching. Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter Share on email Email Share on print Print Share on reddit Reddit The practice of homeschooling has been steadily on the rise across the United States over the past two decades. Black […]
Black Americans report hate crimes, violence in wake of George Floyd protests and Black Lives Matter gains
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter Share on email Email Share on print Print Share on reddit Reddit Whites are more likely to think police behave fairly — and so their suspects are probably culpable. After a Minneapolis police officer killed George Floyd, hundreds of thousands of protesters took to the streets, both […]
Black Americans support the Floyd protests. Whites are divided. Here’s why.
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter Share on email Email Share on print Print Share on reddit Reddit Whites are more likely to think police behave fairly — and so their suspects are probably culpable. After a Minneapolis police officer killed George Floyd, hundreds of thousands of protesters took to the streets, both […]
Black Americans face higher COVID-19 risks, are more hesitant to trust medical scientists, get vaccinated
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter Share on email Email Share on print Print Share on reddit Reddit Mistrust of the System Black Americans have been hit hard by the coronavirus outbreak, accounting for a disproportionate share of COVID-19 deaths. At the same time, they stand out from other racial and ethnic groups in their […]
What Do Coronavirus Racial Disparities Look Like State By State?
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter Share on email Email Share on print Print Share on reddit Reddit What Do Coronavirus Racial Disparities Look Like State By State? Long-standing systemic health and social inequities have put some members of racial and ethnic minority groups at increased risk of getting COVID-19 or experiencing severe […]
COVID-19 in Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter Share on email Email Share on print Print Share on reddit Reddit What Do Coronavirus Racial Disparities really mean In April, New Orleans health officials realized their drive-through testing strategy for the coronavirus wasn’t working. The reason? Census tract data revealed hot spots for the virus were […]