Editorial Brief:
Editorial illustrations for POLITICO Magazine’s Recast Series.
Chicago's black exodus.
“Chicago’s power struggle shows what’s at stake when a city loses its Black population. And they’re not alone: Nine of 10 of the cities with the largest Black populations are on the verge of the same exodus.”
Written by SHIA KAPOS, JUAN PEREZ JR., RENUKA RAYASAM and MING LI
“A POLITICO analysis found nine of the 10 American cities with the largest Black populations experienced a decline over the past two decades.”
Written by Steven Overly, Delece Smith - Barrow, Katy O’Donnell and Ming LI
“I want policy' How Black pastors are battling D.C. gentrification Between the 2000 and 2020 U.S. Census, the city's Black population dropped from 59 percent to 41 percent.”
Produced by J C Whittington and Monica Akhtar.