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October, 2007
Blue pants and skirts pressed, white shirts buttoned, hair braided and pinned, children darted on a recent spring morning across North Sedgwick Street–"in the opposite direction of Manierre Elementary School, 1420 N. Hudson Ave. on Chicago's Near North Side. Their destination: B.T.'s Beauty Supplies, a corner store at 1501 N. Sedgwick St.
With just minutes to spare before the 8:50 a.m. bell...
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September, 2007
Rick Chappell was unusually tired when he took a shower that morning in the summer of 1983. "I felt miserable and listless. My throat was dry, my hands were clammy." His son took him to the VA Chicago Health Care System, at 333 E. Huron St. on Chicago's near North Side. One more day, the doctors told Chappell, and he would have lapsed into a diabetic coma.
Chappell began taking time-release...
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September, 2007
Life stopped for Joanne and Jerry Nicholas at 10:30 a.m. on July 27, 1993. Investigators from the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services knocked on their door and took away their six children, ages 1 year to 7 years.
A recent visit found the couple sitting in their home, contemplating their loss. Their three-bedroom house, once full of activity, is now silent.
"I can't...
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September, 2007
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September, 2007
When Mayor Richard M. Daley announced Oct. 15 that the city would kick in $1.5 million to build the nation's largest center for abused children, political hopefuls vowed to find funding for the $4.75 million facility.
These commitments follow The Chicago Reporter's January 1998 report revealing that support services for victims of child sexual assault–"1,650 in 1996 alone–"are spread thin in...
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September, 2007
Last April, Monique came to school the way she did most days, with books in hand and a razor blade in her mouth. The 14-year-old believed the razor, held precariously under her tongue, would protect her from the dangers of her neighborhood near the Cabrini-Green public housing development.
Monique, who asked that her real name not be used because she fears disciplinary action, is now a...
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August, 2007
In 1996, Tonia Williams was unemployed, with few prospects. Then she walked into the Winfield Moody Health Center and changed her life. Williams, 23, is a single mother raising five children in the Cabrini-Green housing development. She delivered two of them with help from the center's Healthy Start Initiative, a federally funded program geared to reduce infant mortality in the nation's highest...
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August, 2007
In a March 8 campaign debate, Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Glenn W. Poshard pledged his support for an election referendum that would aid the victims of child sexual assault.
Under the Illinois Children's Advocacy Center Act of 1989, a petition signed by 1 percent of registered voters can place a countywide referendum on the ballot asking for a maximum 0.004 percent property tax increase...
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December, 1969
Only 7.2 percent of all Chicago Housing Authority dwellings are known to be safe from lead hazards, The Chicago Reporter has learned. Since 1987, the CHA has removed hazardous lead from 1,445 apartments and determined that another 855 units are in compliance with U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development lead standards.
But today, CHA officials cannot say with confidence whether the...
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