October 30, 2024
CHICAGO (CBS) — A new report issued Tuesday offers a glimpse into framework for community-level reparations that would address the negative impact the War on Drugs had on neighborhoods on Chicago’s South Side.
The report follows a two-year study by the Chicago Urban League.
A drive on the South Side of Chicago reveals not only a rich history, but at times, a troubling one. Many of the neighborhoods here suffered disproportionately from the so-called War on Drugs—where high rates of incarceration leveled communities and shattered families.