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Is the Woodlawn pastor an overextended do-gooder or a political rainmaker?
Since 2008, more than 530 youth have been killed in Chicago with nearly 80 percent of the homicides occurring in 22 African-American or Latino community areas on the city’s South, Southwest and West sides.
The Chicago Reporter will join forces with WMAQ’s Unit 5 Investigative Team to create hard-hitting investigative stories on social and economic issues.
Families still living in the area after the high-rises were demolished struggle to find child care centers that accept government vouchers.
Chicago airport workers are earning less than Illinois’ minimum wage and paying taxes on income they say they never earned.
Illinois is looking to crack down on gun crimes by sending more 15- and 16-year-olds into adult court. But a Chicago Reporter investigation raises questions over whether the youth headed to lockup are the hardened criminals politicians intended to put away.
Secure Communities is a federal immigration initiative designed to find and deport dangerous criminals. But, in reality, the program ensnares many immigrants with no criminal charge or conviction.
A Chicago lawyer pushes for social change by empowering Muslims and Arab Americans.
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