Racial Bias

The following interview aired Aug. 20, and provides background and context for our series, Black & White.I’m Sean Crawford, I’m the News Director here at…

Jennifer Gill has been superintendent of Springfield School District 186 only since May 2013, but she is already confronting racial issues in the…

In May, we reported on the passage of legislation that would limit school suspensions and expulsions, and introduced listeners to some of the young…

If a student happens to have been born black, he’s three times more likely to be suspended or expelled than his white classmates. That statistic comes…

When it comes to addressing the issue of racial profiling, Illinois has a data collection system that is a model for the nation. However, the state has…

A new look at statistics shows racial disparities occur in almost every step as defendants facing drug charges make their way through Illinois’ criminal…