Their draft reparations ordinance will be introduced in September, when the City Council reconvenes after the traditional summer recess. It calls for:

• Free education, job training and apprenticeship programs at the City Colleges of Chicago “leading directly to job opportunities for the impacted population” along with a “curriculum that seeks to undo the lingering effects and trauma of the Transatlantic slave trade.”

• Free public transportation on the CTA.

• Development of an early childhood education plan at Chicago Public Schools for African American students living in poverty along with “tutors and specialized attention for

Comment: Well, well, well. Comrade Klonsky now favors property tax caps. Well, at least for neighborhoods like his (he lives in Logan Square).

A detailed look at the story we first covered.

“We lost our neighborhood school, the streets are riddled with potholes and there’s gunshots. What are we paying for?” one resident said.

The new cabinet-level position focuses on examining systemic racism that exists in Chicago and figuring out policies to help correct those racial disparities.