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Home Loan Purgatory
On March 4, 2009, homeowners could start applying to have their unaffordable monthly mortgages altered as part of a $75 billion loan modification program—the Home Affordable Modification Program. One year later, a Chicago Reporter investigation shows that many Chicagoans have less than a 50-50 chance of getting those modifications—even with the help of government-certified homeownership counselors.
»Read More- Dirty Secret
Pollution from rail yard emissions in the Chicago area plagues the health of nearby residents.
»Read More - Landing A Green Job
Low-income workers could get a smaller slice of proposed environmentally responsible jobs.
»Read More - Black And White, Seeing Red All Over
Major retailers' search for green kicks up racial tension in Chicago's gentrifying areas.
»Read More - Lower Standards
A Chicago Reporter analysis shows that the quality of black seniors' nursing home care is drastically behind that of white seniors.
»Read More - Closing Arguments
Refusal by the Illinois State Police to enforce court orders hurts those who are trying to get their criminal records expunged or sealed.
»Read More - Driving While Latino
Officers are pulling over Hispanic drivers at a disproportionately high rate, and the consequences can go well beyond a ticket. This investigation was supported, in part, by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
»Read More - Big Money, Few Results
Illinois has spent millions to fight HIV and AIDS, but African Americans still struggle to receive needed treatment.
»Read More - Fallen And Forgotten
Congress approved the extension of immigration benefits to families of fallen U.S. service members four years ago, but the families say they never received them.
»Read More - Not A Priority
Illinois law provides in some ways for children whose parents are incarcerated, but a survey of the agencies involved reveals that often their needs are addressed on an individual basis.
»Read More - A Renter's Nightmare
Foreclosures burn tenants who find themselves wrongfully evicted when their landlords can’t keep up with the payments.
»Read More - Car Sick
Organizations work to find transit alternatives for the entire region to ease congestion, spending.
»Read More - The Road Less Traveled
While more than half of Illinois’ prisoners come from the Chicago area, a similar proportion of correctional facilities are more than 200 miles away. In some cases, the distance and cost of travel are big hurdles for families of prisoners.
»Read More - Disappearing Act
Some blame gentrification and aggressive developers for pushing seniors out of their Chicago neighborhoods.
»Read More - Terrorism Sting Busts Immigrants
An examination of Operation Chicagoland Skies reveals that the “web of terrorism prevention” has largely come up empty.
»Read More - To Serve and Protect
Some say fatal shootings could have been prevented if the Chicago Police Department kept better watch over its officers.
»Read More - Broken Workers, Broken Promises
Many undocumented Latino immigrants injured on the job qualify for workers’ compensation benefits, but employers often make them hard to access.
»Read More - The Best of All Bad Choices
Most Mexican migrants make their way to the U.S. illegally because, despite the difficulties of living "in the shadows," that's the only practical option available to them.
»Read More - Shifting Gears
Gone are the days when a vast majority of blue-collar black workers held jobs in manufacturing, transportation and other manual, low-skilled industries.
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Sold in the U.S.A.
Fighting the Odds
Retail Runaround
The Good Ol' Days
Dumping Grounds
Down the hole
Growing Fears: Arabs Still Reeling from 9/11 Backlash
Foster Children Clustered in Few Schools
Illinois Lottery: The Poor Play More
The Go-Between
African Ed
Mom Without Me
Uncounted and Unseen
Cash and the City
Paper Pushers
No Turning Back
Classes Pose Hurdle for New Immigrants
Invisible Victims
Catching up
Sold in the U.S.A.
Fighting the Odds
Retail Runaround
The Good Ol' Days
Dumping Grounds
Down the hole
Growing Fears: Arabs Still Reeling from 9/11 Backlash
Foster Children Clustered in Few Schools
Illinois Lottery: The Poor Play More
The Go-Between
African Ed
Mom Without Me
Uncounted and Unseen
Cash and the City
Paper Pushers
No Turning Back
Classes Pose Hurdle for New Immigrants
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The Chicago Reporter is a publication of the Community Renewal Society, which also publishes Catalyst-Chicago and Catalyst-Ohio.
The Chicago Reporter is a publication of the Community Renewal Society, which also publishes Catalyst-Chicago and Catalyst-Ohio.
