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Chicago announces Arts 77, a huge increase in arts funding, with $60 million for artists, concerts and new public art at O’Hare Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune © Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune An image of Chicago's Picasso sculpture is on display in a window O'Hare International Airport in April 2020. The Arts 77 plan will include funding for public art as part of the airport's expansion. In the biggest show of civic support for the arts in years, if not decades, City of Chicago officials are expected to announce Tuesday a major new initiative called Arts 77, drawing its name f...

Left: Dot Density map of race by census block group for the city of Chicago where 1 dot is representative of 5 people; Right: ‘Heat Map’ showing density of vaccination sites that are open to the community (i.e. not ‘patients only’ sites). The dark blue shows highest density of vaccination sites while light blue shows lower density of sites. Source: NHGIS IPUMS and Chicago Data Portal New Maps Highlight Inequitable Rollout of COVID-19 Vaccines Casey Kalman, Research Associate, Center for Science and Democracy | March 9, 2021, 7:00 am EDT ...

After seeing Selma marchers on TV in the 1960s, a former Chicago-area priest became a photographer documenting the fight for fair housing.