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Black-owned businesses struggle with virus, banks
May 20th, 2020 9:18 PM
Angel Humphrey is hopeful her North Avenue spa can recover
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40+ Chicago media outlets launch joint fundraiser
May 20th, 2020 9:32 PM
Unprecedented collaboration includes community and ethnic media from across the city
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COVID-19 and the 'race tax'
A map created by agents of the federal government's Home Owners' Loan Corporation between 1935 and 1940. Neighborhoods that received the highest grades were considered minimal risks for banks and other mortgage lenders who determined who should receive loans and what areas were considered safe investments. HOLC agents wrote of Garfield Park at the time: "This is a mediocre district threatened with negro encroachment east of Sacramento Avenue." | Courtesy Mapping Inequality: Redlining in New Deal America
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Growing Community Media receives PPP loan
May 7th, 2020 2:03 PM
Funds to be spent on payroll, rent, utilities
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Being black in America is tiring
May 20th, 2020 9:27 PM
In the words of comedian Trevor Noah, "Racism is still an essential business."
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I did it myself
May 20th, 2020 9:18 PM
I am sick of covid-19!
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West Side students get in hot sauce business by growing peppers at home
May 20th, 2020 9:39 PM
The Young Men's Educational Network's pepper project is teaching young people about agriculture, business and more
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