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May, 2008
In March 2006, when Lillie Taylor bought her corner house on 109th Street for $99,000, her initial mortgage rate was 11 percent–"more than twice the federal prime rate at that time.
Her case was far from unique in Roseland, a South Side Chicago community area.
According to a Chicago Reporter analysis of federal mortgage lending data, 78 out of 89 people who got conventional, home-purchase...
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February, 2008
Naomi Davis had a dream.
In it, she drove a bus to a poor neighborhood and said: "Anyone who wants to work and live in a place where culture is enshrined and where you are a vested investor, the economic driver, the government of yourself, walk out [on] your slumlord and come live in my village."
That dream manifested into a vision for Davis: to develop an affordable, self-contained...
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March, 2008
The news:
Howard Brookins Jr., alderman of Chicago's 21st Ward, is the only African-American candidate among the three front-runners in the 2008 Democratic primary for Cook County State's Attorney.
Behind the news:
According to some political commentators, U.S. Sen. Barack Obama's presidential bid is likely to boost turnout among African-American voters in the state's Feb. 5...
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November, 2007
The news:
According to the National Vital Statistics Reports released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in August, the infant mortality rate was 6.79 deaths per 1,000 "live births" in the country.
Behind the news:
According to a 2006 report from the Chicago Department of Public Health, the infant mortality rate in Chicago stood well above the national rate at 9...
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