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• Why Don’t Police Find Missing Black Folks?

  08-03-2024 16:00
  
  Photos of Shantieya Smith, as displayed in her mother’s living room. (Photo Sebastián Hidalgo)
  A two-year investigation into how Chicago police handle missing person cases reveals the disproportionate impact on Black women and girls, how police have mistreated family members or delayed cases, and how poor police data is making the problem harder to solve.
  by Trina Reynolds-Tyler, Invisible Institute, and Sarah Conway, City Bureau
  This story is part one of the seven-part Chicago
  
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• Toni Morrison’s ‘The Bluest Eye’ Comes to Columbia College Chicago, March 15-23

  08-03-2024 15:00
  
  Columbia College Chicago is thrilled to present a compelling theatrical adaptation of Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison’s literary masterpiece, “The Bluest Eye,” directed by Columbia alum Ashley Keys ‘22 and written by Lydia Diamond.This thought-provoking production, produced by special arrangement with The Dramatic Publishing Company of Woodstock, Ill., will run from March 15-23 at The Getz Theatre Center, Studio 404, located at 72 E. 11th Street, Chicago. Tickets
  
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• Coverage for Obesity Care is Only Fair

  08-03-2024 14:30
  
  (NewsUSA) – Obesity is an increasingly significant health problem in the United States, especially for women. The disease affects 1 in 3 American women, including 57% of Black women and 44% of Hispanic women.
  Although obesity is a chronic, treatable condition, obesity care is not covered by health insurance like other chronic conditions such as heart disease or diabetes. As a chronic disease, it’s only fair that people with obesity receive the same coverage as other chronic conditio
  
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• TV Station Apologizes After News Anchor Calls Black Homeowners ‘Colored’

  08-03-2024 14:00
  
  Photo: Tashi-Delek / E+ / Getty Images
  A Missouri television station is facing backlash after one of their news anchors called Black homeowners “colored,” an outdated racial term, during a live broadcast. St. Louis-based KMOV apologized to viewers for a February 26 on-air preview covering racial bias on home appraisals, according to St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
  “Tonight, colored homeowners are sounding the alarm when it comes to undervalued home appraisals,” anchor Cory Star
  
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