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1) Driving While Latino By: Fernando Díaz See More Stories by this author.
Officers are pulling over Hispanic drivers at a disproportionately high rate, and the consequences can go well beyond a ticket. This investigation was supported, in part, by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Published: March, 2009

2) Extra Stops
In 2007, the latest year for which the data are available, the share of Latino drivers stopped in 44 out of more than 200 communities in the six-county Chicago area was at least 10 percentage points higher than their driving age population.
Published: March, 2009

3) Methodology (Driving While Latino)
Methodology "Drving While Latino"
Published: March, 2009

4) Changes Elusive After Profiling Legislation By: Kara Madden and Stephanie Behne See More Stories by this author.
More than five years after its passage, Illinois' racial profiling legislation still lacks its teeth.
Published: March, 2009

5) Looking In The Mirror By: Wade Askew See More Stories by this author.
Police department examines itself to better serve its community.
Published: March, 2009

6) Fallen And Forgotten By: Fernando Díaz See More Stories by this author.
Congress approved the extension of immigration benefits to families of fallen U.S. service members four years ago, but the families say they never received them.
Published: November, 2008

7) Deployed And Deported By: Beth Wang See More Stories by this author.
Immigration law hurts military families.
Published: November, 2008

8) Fighting To Belong By: Madelaine Burkert See More Stories by this author.
Some immigrants choose military service before citizenship.
Published: November, 2008

9) Dying For The U.S.A.
Between Sept. 11, 2001, and Aug. 15, 2008, 148 of the combat deaths were service members who enlisted in the military as permanent legal residents. They hailed from 41 countries—a third of them from Mexico. Most enlisted in the Army Reserves, and nearly half of the 148 people killed were Latino.
Published: November, 2008

10) Suburbs Slow To Get On Board By: Fernando Díaz See More Stories by this author.
Officials find that, when it comes to welcoming immigrants, more action, less talk needed.
Published: July, 2008

11) Unity Through Dialogue By: Fernando Díaz See More Stories by this author.
Streamwood group aims to help immigrants adjust.
Published: July, 2008

12) Mixed Results By: Fernando Diaz See More Stories by this author.
A landmark state initiative to improve immigrant integration presses on despite budget hurdles and bureaucracy.
Published: January, 2008

13) One-Stop Shop By: Jennifer Chen See More Stories by this author.
The state’s innovative center for immigrants and refugees provides better access to state and local services.
Published: January, 2008

14) Hot-button campaign By: Hayley Graham See More Stories by this author.
His Congressional campaign may be a long shot, but AnthonyW.Williams’
anti-immigration message might hit home with black voters.
Published: September, 2006

15) Sold in the U.S.A. By: Kimbriell Kelly See More Stories by this author.
More human trafficking cases are originating within the U.S., but the plight of victims often goes unheard.
Published: May, 2006

16) Gearing up By: Angelica Herrera See More Stories by this author.
State officials prepare for a fight against trafficking.
Published: May, 2006

17) Related Links
Related web links
Published: May, 2006

18) The Go-Between By: Rui Kaneya See More Stories by this author.
José L. Oliva works to fill the spaces separating undocumented workers, government agencies and lawbreaking employers.
Published: March, 2004

19) Breakfast with the Feds By: Mary Abowd See More Stories by this author.
Around 6 a.m. on the morning of Aug. 5, Salim Yusef was jolted awake to pounding at the front door. “I heard voices saying, ‘Come on, open up!’” said Yusef, a 22-year-old permanent U.S. resident of Palestinian origin. He had been asleep on the living room sofa in the south suburban home he shares with his brother and sister-in-law.
Published: December, 2002

20) Arab Community has Deep Roots in Chicago By: Mary Abowd See More Stories by this author.
Although often portrayed as a new and foreign element, Arabs have been a part of Chicago since the first large wave of Arab immigration to the United States occurred between 1899 and 1921, according to Louise Cainkar, a fellow with the University of Illinois at Chicago’s Great Cities Institute.
Published: December, 2002