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“These are the people who got swindled out of homeownership,” Lewis Johnson said. “Regardless of what solution we come up with, we have to remember that the value of these neighborhoods needs to increase in comparison to their white counterparts. Whatever solution we create for redress, it can’t make a specific population — in this case, Black people, vulnerable again because when you segregate Black people you make them vulnerable to people who are greedy, even if they’re not racist, there are institutions or businesses that view them as a market to financially take advantage of.”
Márquez told the Tribune he developed myocarditis after getting COVID last season. Myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscle, has been connected to post-COVID cases, and Márquez believes that is how he developed it. Boston Red Sox pitcher Eduardo Rodríguez notably missed the 2020 season because of myocarditis after contracting COVID. Testing discovered Márquez’s myocarditis, which he dealt with from April until November when he was fully cleared. Márquez was allowed to do light work and use some weights in September.
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testifies before the Senate Banking Committee hearing, on March 3, 2022 on Capitol Hill in Washington. Powell said Monday that the Federal Reserve would raise its benchmark short-term interest rate faster than expected, and high enough to restrain growth and hiring, if it decides this would be necessary to slow rampaging inflation. (Tom Williams/AP)
Olympic gold medalists Olivia Smoliga, left, a Glenbrook South graduate, and Ryan Held, a Sacred Heart-Griffin graduate, competed in the TYR Pro Swim Series event at the FMC Natatorium in Westmont on Thursday, March 3, 2022. (Matt Le Cren / Pioneer Press)
“I’ve been told that when they first came in, they were a little drawn back — obviously coming into a police station, you don’t know what to expect,” Edwards said “Since that date, now they come in and are like ‘Hey, we’re here!’ They feel a lot more comfortable, which is great not only in the building, but comfortable with the officers and interacting with them, which again, that’s great for us. Because of that interaction with them, we’ve been able to tell them about youth programs that we offer here in the 12th District. Developing their partnership, that relationship with them is beneficial for us too,”
“In visiting with Shauna, I was struck by her inner drive, her innate competitiveness, and her commitment to the student-athletes under her charge,” athletic director Josh Whitman said in a statement. “She and I connected quickly around an ambitious vision for the future of Illinois women’s basketball, which she and her staff plan to spread around the state and across the country.”
The Chicago Board of Education is prepared to spend $1.5 million to settle a pair of lawsuits alleging a special education student sexually assaulted two classmates in a bathroom of Bogan Computer Technical High School. (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)
CPS “should have had an actual discussion with the community and with the teachers and sorted out what the possibilities were instead of giving us this kind of false choice between starting early and starting really early,” Tobin said. “There could have been other ways to configure it, but CPS didn’t really invite that kind of conversation.”
“He’s just a special person,” King said. “Coming into this, taking over and having him, you’re always like, he’s a Stanley Cup winner, he’s probably going to be in the Hall of Fame, make sure I get the right minutes in for him, right games, make sure that calendar’s perfect for him.
“The majority of parents will just go with the message that they’re being told and right now the message from the district, the state, the White House is ease up and be mask optional, even though many medical professionals see the next wave coming,” O’Brien said. “I’m hoping we’ll make it to summer and be OK. But, I really don’t know.”