Recently added articles from The Chicago Reporter:
Catering to black dollars.(EDITOR'S NOTE: Reporter News)
Sep 01, 2009; Kelly, Kimbriell ... Where I live, there are cows, there are tractors and there is a barn: Pottery Barn. The store is flanked by an Abercrombie and Fitch, Borders, Talbots, Trader Joe's White House/Black Market and Williams-Sonoma on the west side of the street and a cornfield on the east side. ...
Reporter news.(EDITOR'S NOTE: Reporter News)
Sep 01, 2009; ... In July, citing blog posts, data analyses and maps from The Chicago Reporter, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan filed a lawsuit against Wells Fargo alleging that the lending giant targeted African-American and Latino borrowers with subprime products. In four blog posts ...
Group tallies late loans.(SPINOFFS: Keeping Current)
Sep 01, 2009; Wang, Marian ... The news: One in 59 Chicago-area homes are in foreclosure, according to a report released this month by California-based RealtyTrac. Behind the news: Borrowers in the Chicago metropolitan area are not as delinquent in making high-cost mortgage payments ...
Moms who move.(SPINOFFS: Keeping Current)
Sep 01, 2009; Young, Jessica ... The news: Elvira Arellano, an undocumented immigrant and mother who spent a year in the sanctuary of a Humboldt Park church before being deported in 2007, announced she will run for a congressional seat in Mexico. Behind the news: Historically, the ...
Double-digit unemployment predates recession for some.(SPINOFFS: Keeping Current)
Sep 01, 2009; Bloom, Sarah ... The news: The unemployment rate in Illinois hit double digits in June when it jumped to 10.3 percent, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Behind the news: Unemployment rates in Chicago's black neighborhoods have been in the double digits for ...
Disabled minorities make up large share.(SPINOFFS: Keeping Current)
Sep 01, 2009; Jakubisin, Mike ... The news: In July, more than 2,000 people marched through downtown Chicago in the Disability Pride Parade, remembering the 19th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Behind the news: In 2007, about 48 percent of people with disabilities in ...
Drive to succeed: minister's training program for ex-offenders utilizes auto industry.(Q&A: The Rev. Henry Barlow)(Interview)
Sep 01, 2009; Schiffman, Elizabeth ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Rev. Henry Barlow has buried too many young people. And it was during the funeral of one such young murder victim in 1999 that he decided to do something about it. Later that year, Barlow established a program that would train young ...
Black and white, seeing red all over: major retailers' search for green kicks up racial tension in Chicago's gentrifying areas.(Redeveloping Neighborhoods)(Cover story)
Sep 01, 2009; Virella, Kelly ... On the day construction workers began preparing to pour the concrete foundation for his decrepit neighborhood's new Walgreens--the first new business there in more than 30 years--Ernest Gates stopped by, buoyed up about his community's future, It was 1999, and West Haven was ...
Against the odds: program preps low-income areas that hope for more retailers.(Best Practices)
Sep 01, 2009; Bloom, Sarah ... The inspiration for Nicole Jones' business literally came to her in her sleep. In December 2004, she woke up in the middle of the night and realized she was going to dedicate her career to creating a hot-pink shoe boutique in the heart of her South Side community of Bronzeville. The next ...
Chicago Public Art Group.(PARTING SHOT)
Sep 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] August 11, 2009 Students from Kenwood High School work on a mural under a viaduct on 47th Street as part of a project ...
