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Police misconduct

The city’s effort to stem police misconduct is falling short, leaving abusive officers to operate with near impunity.

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The Fight For Green Jobs

November/December 2009

The green job revolution is expected to bring work to people who have a hard time finding it. As unemployment rises, will low-income workers get left behind?

Table of Contents

Landing A Green Job

Jeff Kelly LowensteinLow-income workers could get a smaller slice of proposed environmentally responsible jobs.
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Methodology (Landing A Green Job)

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Brick By Brick

Ex-offenders try to build new lives while building job skills.> Read More

Growing Opportunity

Innovative program gives ex-offenders, unemployed second chance.> Read More

What's A Green Job, Anyway?

Low-skilled workers must compete for environmentally responsible jobs.> Read More

Letter to the Editor: Nov-Dec 2009

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A Green Education

View audio slideshows to learn about three students from 10-week green-jobs training courses for ex-offenders and hear them share their thoughts about the green economy and their hopes to find work in it.> Read More
Spin Offs

Sweeping Decline In Hate Crimes

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Spin Offs

Medical Bills Trigger More Bankruptcies

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Spin Offs

All The Lost Children

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Spin Offs

H1N1 Virus Takes Toll On Minorities

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New Voices

Power To The Students

At Chicago Freedom School students take activism out of the streets and put it into the classroom.> Read More
Editor's Note

Editor's Note: Nov-Dec 2009

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Reporter Impact

Reporter Impact: Nov-Dec 2009

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