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Fast-Track Deportations

Thousands are being deported without a chance to appear before an immigration judge.

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Eyewitnesses Confuse, Convict in Humboldt Park Murder Cases

June, 2000 Members of Comité Exigimos Justicia (We Demand Justice Committee) rally in Federal Plaza on May 13. The Latino families believe their loved ones were wrongfully convicted of murder.

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Scattered-site Era Coming to an End

Cory OldweilerThe Chicago Housing Authority has all but abandoned a decades-old effort to end the isolation and segregation of public housing residents by moving them into white neighborhoods.
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Keeping Current

Keeping Current

Helen Zia traces the evolution of Asian Americans from a politically impotent ethnic group into a mature and influential voice in her new book, "Asian American Dreams: The Emergence of an American People." The 48-year-old daughter of Chinese immigrants uses her personal journey as activist and writer to chronicle the transformation. "Our demographics and achievements, trials and tribulations, tell a compelling story of a people who come together from markedly different backgrounds, without a common language or culture," Zia writes. "Many have braved unspeakable horrors to join in this multiracial democracy."> Read More

Scattered-site Era Coming to an End

The Chicago Housing Authority has all but abandoned a decades-old effort to end the isolation and segregation of public housing residents by moving them into white neighborhoods.> Read More
Keeping Current

Letters to the Editor

My congratulations to your team members on an excellent journalistic endeavor. And Alden, cherish that precious little girl of yours--you are her hero, the man she will seek in all other men, and the father who should love her unconditionally, no matter what. What a responsibility, eh?> Read More