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Fast-Track Deportations

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

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'Rubber Stamps': The Cook County Board rarely challenges its leader, President John H. Stroger Jr.

July, 2003 Cook County Board President John H. Stroger Jr. says he doesn't "hold all the cards," but other commissioners say they have little control over the county's operations and its $2.9 billion budget.

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Debate as Rare as –'No' Votes on Cook County Board

Rupa Shenoy

Cook County Board President John H. Stroger Jr. says he doesn't "hold all the cards," but other commissioners say they have little control over the county's operations and its $2.9 billion budget.

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Backed Up

Between 1998 and 2001, the average amount of time it took for the Chicago Commission on Human Relations to fully investigate a claim of housing discrimination more than tripled. Officials have not compiled 2002 numbers, but say it's likely the average time rose even higher. > Read More

Voucher Holders Allege Most Discrimination

From 1998 to 2002, Chicago residents filed 702 cases alleging housing discrimination with the Chicago Commission on Human Relations. More than two-fifths cited their source of income as one reason landlords refuse to rent to them. Officials say the source of income in question is, in most cases, a federal housing voucher. > Read More

Avoiding a World of Trouble

Tracey Hendrix can now breathe a little easier. After a nearly five-month search and a two-month wait to move in, this March she finally settled into an apartment suitable for her and her two sons, ages 14 and 2.> Read More
Inside Stories

Court Case Threatens Civil Rights Protection

The Appellate Court of Illinois will soon decide whether to uphold a lower court ruling that landlords can legally refuse to rent to people solely because they have federal rent subsidies, The Chicago Reporter has learned.> Read More
Inside Stories

Neighborhood Club Blocks Drug Activity

On Chicago's West Side, well-organized block clubs have been working to keep drug dealers away from their neighborhoods.> Read More
New Voices

Freedom Ride

In January, when seasonal concessions workers at the United Center were up for a new contract, Tawanda Murray made sure she didn't miss a negotiating meeting or a chance to talk about the issue with fellow employees.> Read More

All in Favor

Since 2000, the Cook County Board of Commissioners has approved each of the 5,879 items on which it has voted. In only 115 instances, or 2 percent of the time, did at least one commissioner vote in opposition. > Read More
Inside Stories

Speaking for the County Government

Cook County board members say they aren't divided by political distinctions–"instead, they fall along a spectrum depending on their level of support for the administration of board president John H. Stroger Jr.> Read More