October, 2003

Coming Home: Growing numbers of women end their prison terms each year. Then their struggle to find work begins.

Table of Contents

• The Ultimate Parent By: Sarah KarpBryan Samuels, the new director of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, is an outsider to the state's child welfare system and a surprise choice for the job. > Read Article
  
  
• Getting into the Act By: Kathryn MonroeWhen state exam scores were released this summer, 365 of Chicago's 602 public schools failed to meet national requirements in reading and math. Under the federal No Child Left Behind Act, the students at those schools were offered the option of transferring to higher-scoring schools. > Read Article
  
  
• Get on the Bus > Read Article
  
  
• The Costs of Integration By: Ed FinkelNearly 35 years after African Americans in Evanston fought to access schools with more resources, many now question whether integration best serves their children's interests. > Read Article
  
  
• Race and Respect By: Rupa Shenoy and Mick DumkeFor weeks, Chicago's power players traded press conferences and indignant remarks over whether race mattered in the appointment of a new police superintendent. By Sept. 17, Mayor Richard M. Daley was completing the first round of interviews with three finalists--none of them African American. > Read Article
  
  
• Nowhere to Go By: Leah SamuelPost-prison life for female prisoners is particularly difficult to navigate. Every step, from finding housing to landing a job, is treacherous because more than 80 percent of women ex-offenders have children. > Read Article
  
  
• Serving Time > Read Article