Many undocumented Latino immigrants injured on the job qualify for workers’ compensation benefits, but employers often make them hard to access.
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Broken Workers, Broken PromisesBy: Jeff Kelly LowensteinMany undocumented Latino immigrants injured on the job qualify for workers’ compensation benefits, but employers often make them hard to access.
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Mall EnvyBy: Stacie WilliamsPerception plays a significant role in the lack of shopping options at malls in South Side and south suburban areas.
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Framing race, sexualityBy: Michelle SiberyA student at one of seven African American studies doctoral programs in the nation shares her experiences as a black academic, lesbian, blogger and filmmaker.
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Dry HydrantsBy: Shelley ZeigerIn 2006, the Chicago Department of Water Management, which manages the city’s estimated 47,000 fire hydrants, received 38,774 complaints about fire hydrants. A Chicago Reporter analysis shows that, in the summer months of June and July of last year, 96 percent of these service requests were due to illegally opened hydrants, and 90 percent of such incidents were reported in black and Latino wards.
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Now showing: shuttered theatersBy: Alena ScarverThe closing of Chicago-based Inner City Entertainment left the city south of Roosevelt Road with only two multiple theaters with capacity to show two films at once: the AMC Ford City 14 at 76th Street and Cicero Avenue and the Inner City Entertainment’s other location at 87th Street and Wentworth Avenue.
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