By Simon Davis-Cohen, includes “During the pandemic, the City of Chicago has quietly used a little-known state program to collect millions of dollars in unpaid tickets, court fees, ordinance violations, and other debt from residents, despite its pledges to alleviate the financial hardship many residents are facing, due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis. … ‘This type of program is a poster child for systemic racism,’ says Brent Adams, senior vice president of policy and communication for Woodstock Institute …”