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May, 2013
Will mandatory prison time for gun possession make Chicago safer? That's the question at the heart of the issue behind HB 2265. Our partner NBC 5 took a closer look at the bill, as a follow-up to the Reporter's investigation, "Read to pull the trigger."
April, 2013
In early March, The Salvation Army Mobile Outreach Unit was in danger of being kicked out of Uptown. The unit, a service of The Salvation Army Harbor Light of Chicago, offers on-site mental health and substance abuse assessments, referrals and hot meals to those in need, and provides transportation to a treatment facility. It makes a regularly scheduled stop at the intersection of Marine Drive...
March, 2013
Hundreds gathered at New Beginnings Church of Chicago for the funeral of 6-month-old Jonylah Emani Watkins. One week earlier, the baby was shot in the South Side’s Woodlawn neighborhood, according to the Chicago Police Department. —Produced and photographed by Jonathan Gibby and Lucio Villa
March, 2013
Between 2000 and 2011, nearly 150,000 Chicago defendants received a prison sentence in the Cook County Circuit Court. The majority of them were from poor neighborhoods on the city's South and West sides. Raymond Richard was one of those people. At one time, he lived on the streets of Chicago and turned to drugs and crime to survive. He was released from prison in 2008 and turned his life around...
March, 2013
About 200 people attended a press conference and vigil Tuesday night honoring Jonylah Watkins, a 6-month-old baby shot multiple times Monday afternoon while her father changed her diaper in the South Side’s Woodlawn neighborhood. She died in the hospital on Tuesday. —Photos by Lucio Villa
March, 2013
Tenants and community members gathered Thursday to demand 46th Alderman James Cappleman or the new owner of the Hotel Chateau to protect current residents from possible homelessness. The Chateau, a single-room-occupancy hotel located in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood, has functioned as the housing of last resort for working poor in the area for decades by housing minimum-wage workers, those on...
March, 2013
Food Center Uprooted. The Uptown Salvation Army has one month to find a new home where it can continue to feed low-income Chicagoans, after Alderman James Cappleman told the charity it could no longer serve from his ward, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. The move has angered some residents, who will protest outside his office on Wednesday. Final School Closing Meeting...
February, 2013
Election Time. Voters are to head to the polls on Tuesday. On the primary's ballot are several local contests, but the most-watched race is the 2nd Congressional District. Former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. stepped down from the seat in November. He and his wife have pleaded guilty in federal court to criminal charges. Disparate Impact. Can public housing racially discriminate? Find out...
February, 2013
We’re excited to announce that The Chicago Reporter has won two grants that will bolster our data-driven reporting and will give us the tools necessary to look at immigration policy in Mexico. The first grant we won was for $5,000 from IRE Data Journalism Fund, sponsored by Google Idea, best known for applying technological solutions to social and economic problems. It’s one of eight recently...
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