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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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Child Sex Offenders

March/April 2011

In Chicago, hundreds of child sex offenders are violating a state law by living within 500 feet of a child care facility, playground or school. And law enforcement agencies are failing to enforce the law.

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An offender among us

Jeff Kelly Lowenstein

In Chicago, hundreds of child sex offenders are violating a state law by living within 500 feet of a child care facility, playground or school. And law enforcement agencies are failing to enforce the law.

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An offender among us (En Español)

Jeff Kelly Lowenstein

En Chicago, cientos de agresores sexuales de niños están violando una ley estatal con vivir dentro de 500 pies de un centro de cuidado de niños, patio de recreo o escuela. Y las agencias del orden público están fallando en aplicar la ley.

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Reforming the abuser

Experts say education, treating offenders will bring better results.

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Inside Stories

Payday roulette

Workers' paychecks withheld more often than not at local nonprofit.

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Spin Offs

Census shows racial changes

The first batch of results from the 2010 Census was released in December. Eight wards in Chicago had a shift in racial majority, according to a Chicago Reporter analysis of census data from 2005 to 2009.> Read More
Spin Offs

More Chinese people coming to Chicago

In January, Chinese President Hu Jintao visited Chicago, his only stop outside the nation's capital. During the past decade, the number of Chinese and Taiwanese immigrants saw an increase in Chicago.> Read More
Spin Offs

Disabled minorities out of work

Illinois' monthly unemployment rate dropped consecutively in 2010 starting in March, and a recent survey by the Employer Associations of America shows that hiring will continue to increase this year throughout the state. Despite the optimism, disabled people in Illinois continue to struggle to find employment at staggering rates.

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Spin Offs

White candidates can count on white votes

A Chicago Tribune/WGN poll showed Rahm Emanuel as the front runner in the race to be the city's next mayor, with a wide lead among white voters. Gathered around the table at Carter's Barbershop in North Lawndale, The Chicago Reporter's staff fiercely debated on its weekly radio show whether there's such a thing as a consensus candidate for mayor for Chicago's black and Latino communities.

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New Voices

Bridging the gulf

An Iraq War refugee labors to ease the pains of her people.> Read More
Editor's Note

Too close for comfort

I was talking to my neighbor last fall when an unfamiliar man walked out of a house and stood in the driveway talking to a group of teens. "Who's that? A new neighbor?" I asked my neighbor. "Yes," she replied as her kids kicked a ball around at her feet. "From what I've heard, he's the boyfriend of the woman who lives there with her children. I hear he's a sex offender. But if you look at the sex offender registry online, he won't show up because he is registered at his real address in the town next door."

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Reporter Impact

Reporter News: More local coverage

The Chicago Reporter is partnering with the Chicago Community Trust and Community Media Workshop this year to provide a burst of local coverage by, for and about underserved communities on Chicago's South and West sides.> Read More