Latino Election Gains
In 1980, two Latinos, Cook County Commissioner Irene Hernandez and 7th Ward Committeeman Ray Castro, held an elected office representing a Chicago constituency. As the city’s Latino population has grown, so have the number of predominantly Latino legislative districts and wards. The city now has 22 Latino elected officials.
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Table of Contents
- Making It Through The Day
- Listen to City Voices: August 2008
- Wildly Disparate Funding
- A Renter's Nightmare
- Methodology (A Renter's Nightmare)
- Tips For Renters Caught Up In Foreclosure
- Black Areas At Highest Risk
- Rental Runaround
- D.C. Renters Buffet Storm
- Renters Squeezed Out
- Suburbs Slow To Get On Board
- Methodology (Suburbs Slow To Get On Board)
- Unity Through Dialogue
- Working Hard Or Hardly Working
- Editor's Note: July-August 2008
- Reporter Impact: July-August 2008
- Letter to the Editor: July-August 2008
- Not All Arrests Lead To Deportation
- A Bumpy Ride
- Leaving A Bad Taste
- Watch NBC5-The Chicago Reporter Special Report
- Guarding Against Food-Borne Illness
- Fast Facts About Salmonella
- Shootings Increase After CeaseFire’s Budget Cut
- Divine Inspiration
- Parting Shot: July-August 2008
Aug 8The Chicago Reporter’s Fernando Diaz has been awarded the 2008 Emerging Journalist of the Year from the National Association of Hispanic Journalists.
Diaz will be honored at the association’s 23rd annual Noche de Triunfos Journalism Awards Gala held Sept. 12 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.
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