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WEBBetween 2005 and 2020, the number of children facing simultaneous water and food insecurity in the United States more than doubled. Additionally, Black and Hispanic children were several times more likely than white children to experience food and water insecurity at the same time. This is according to new research by Asher Rosinger, associate ...
Halsted Street, a cross section of Chicago
WEBSep 11, 2015 · Credit: Photo by Max Herman. Travelling down (or up) Halsted Street, Chicago’s second longest street and a major north-south corridor, means journeying through diverse neighborhoods, from Boystown on the North Side to West Pullman on the Far South Side. Cyclists and shoppers take advantage of pleasant temperatures in Boystown, where in 1998 ...
Chicago’s new immigrant destination: Gage Park
WEBMar 18, 2016 · Chicago’s new immigrant destination: Gage Park. by Stacey Rupolo March 18, 2016. Mark Webber grew up working at his grandfather’s flower shop, Kloeckner Preferred Flowers, which opened in 1934 in the Back of the Yards. The shop moved to Gage Park in 1972. “When I first moved in it was a …
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WEBThe Reporter was founded in 1972 by John A. McDermott to measure Chicago’s progress toward racial equality as the civil rights era ended. Since its inception, it has been housed at the Community Renewal Society, a faith-based social justice organization. As one of America’s most segregated cities, Chicago continues to experience racial and economic inequality. The […]
How the new head of the Chicago Housing Authority can forge a …
WEBSep 26, 2019 · Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s appointment of Angela Hurlock to chair the board of commissioners of the Chicago Housing Authority adds another advocate for affordable housing to the city’s leadership.. Hurlock, who has been executive director of the South Chicago nonprofit Claretian Associates since 2004, is the first affordable housing practitioner appointed to the CHA board in a decade.
Police have their own ‘bill of rights,’ raising questions about ...
WEBMay 18, 2015 · Even as violence erupted in Baltimore days after the death of Freddie Gray, the police officers at the center of his death still had not explained how he suffered fatal injuries in their custody weeks earlier.A special Maryland law known as a police “bill of rights” gave the officers 10 days to respond to investigators – a protection that the average citizen doesn’t have.
What’s next for the Army Corps’ lakefront dump?
WEBAug 21, 2020 · A U.S. Army Corps plan to expand a toxic dump on Lake Michigan’s shoreline in South Chicago is getting increased attention — particularly since the corps released a final plan and environmental impact statement in June that rejects community concerns over the project and dismisses alternatives promoted by environmental groups.. The 45-acre site at Calumet Harbor, where the Calumet River ...
Tip and Wage Theft Still Prevalent in Chicago Restaurant Industry ...
WEBMar 4, 2024 · Chicago’s City Council passed a new ordinance intended to guarantee living wages for service industry workers, but experts believe that more strict legislation is needed to safeguard against employer fraud. The Chicago One Fair Wage ordinance, passed in October, will phase out Chicago’s subminimum wages for tipped workers over a five-year period, impacting restaurants in […]
When Chicago cops moonlight, no one is watching
WEBDec 19, 2017 · At 11 p.m. on September 7, 2013, Chicago Police Officer Kenneth Walker went from his regular nine-hour shift to his second job as a security guard at a West Side public housing complex. Walker had been working 16 hours straight when he saw Marlon Horton at 6:30 a.m. the next morning, trying to sleep in the apartment lobby.
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WEBJan 1, 2013 · The Chicago Reporter found that developers were snapping up properties around Cabrini. Between 2000 and 2005, there were $1 billion worth of residential property sales in Cabrini area alone, the Reporter story found. “We were hearing rumors that the CHA was meeting behind closed doors with city officials and making new plans for Cabrini ...