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May, 2013
Justo antes de la navidad, el arresto de Guillermo Monreal por robo lo llevó al Centro de Detenciones del Condado McHenry. Para cuando su esposa logró encontrar a un abogado, Moreal le había llamado con la mala noticia. “Me van a deportar esta noche”, le dijo. Su voz era vacilante—inclusive distante.Linda Hernández no entendía. Su esposo había estado en la cárcel tan sólo un par de días. “Ni...
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May, 2013
Linda Hernandez’s husband was deported in December under the “reinstatement” of a prior removal order from 2000. Hernandez has not told her children, Linda and William, that their father had been deported. Eleven-year-old Linda thinks her father is with his family in Mexico and will return to their South Side home for her brother’s birthday in May. Photos by Jonathan Gibby.A bus from McHenry...
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May, 2013
Just before Christmas, Guillermo Monreal’s arrest for shoplifting landed him in the McHenry County Detention Center. By the time his wife managed to find a lawyer, Monreal had called her with bad news. “They are deporting me tonight,” he told her. His voice was hesitant—even distant.Linda Hernandez didn’t understand. Her husband had been in the jail for only a couple of days. “He didn’t even go...
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March, 2013
Estando parado cerca de una esquina de la Calle Adams justo al lado de la Avenida Cícero, nunca te imaginarías que es una de las más costosas cuadras de la ciudad. La calle está repleta de envejecidos edificios de ladrillo. Un puñado están sellados con madera; algunos han estado así durante años. Otros fueron demolidos, dejando lotes baldíos para la gente que ya ha llevado sus sillas de jardín,...
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March, 2013
En agosto, el Representante estatal Dennis Reboletti, un Republicano del suburbio Elmhurst al oeste, emitió una severa advertencia: “Estamos poniendo a los traficantes [de drogas] de incluso pequeñas cantidades sobre aviso: Irán a prisión”.Reboletti, un ex fiscal de narcóticos, había estado presionando a sus colegas de la Asamblea General de Illinois para que lo ayudaran a reducir la velocidad en...
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March, 2013
Standing near a corner of Adams Street just off Cicero Avenue, you’d never guess it’s one of the priciest blocks in the city. The street is jammed with aging brick buildings. A handful are boarded up; some have been that way for years. Others were torn down, leaving vacant lots to people who have hauled in lawn chairs, turning them into public spaces.“This block doesn’t seem different than any...
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March, 2013
In August, state Rep. Dennis Reboletti, a Republican from west suburban Elmhurst, issued a stern warning: “We are putting [drug] dealers of even small quantities on notice: You will go to prison.”Reboletti, a former narcotics prosecutor, had been pushing his colleagues in the Illinois General Assembly to help him to slow the “heroin highway.” It’s a nickname that public officials gave to...
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January, 2013
Chicago has undergone many changes in the past four decades. But how far have we come in raising wages and cutting poverty? Have we kept up with essential expenses? Who have been the winners and losers? CLICK TO VIEW LARGER VERSION
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January, 2013
To celebrate four decades of muckraking on issues of race and poverty, we kick off this 40th anniversary edition with a focus on four of The Chicago Reporter’s key beats--criminal justice, immigration, labor and housing.The history behind each issue has had its own trajectory since the Reporter’s founding in 1972. To illustrate that, we sat down with prominent figures whose activism has made its...
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