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October, 2009
The Chicago Reporter contacted members of the Chicagoland Green Collar Jobs Initiative's steering committee and partner organizations. In all, the Reporter surveyed 28 organizations in the region that are working in the green economy. The Reporter also analyzed unemployment and racial composition data by community area from the 2000 Census to determine which areas had the highest unemployment...
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October, 2009
This is the final installment in a three-part series for Chicago Matters: Beyond Burnham. Now in its 19th year, Chicago Matters--an award-winning annual public information series made possible by the Chicago Community Trust, with programming by WTTW11, WBEZ Chicago Public Radio, the Chicago Public Library and the Reporter--returns to explore how our region can thrive in a global era. For more...
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September, 2009
At the height of Washington Park's glory days in '50s, nearly 57,000 African Americans called the South Side neighborhood their home. But more than three-quarters of the population have left, and the businesses have gone with them. Without the selection of stores that his grandparents and parents had, Murray Johnson, 67, has to drive about 5 miles for his grocery shopping needs.
But, amid...
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August, 2009
This is the second installment in a three-part series for Chicago Matters: Beyond Burnham. Now in its 19th year, Chicago Matters--an award-winning annual public information series made possible by the Chicago Community Trust, with programming by WTTW11, WBEZ Chicago Public Radio, the Chicago Public Library and the Reporter--returns to explore how our region can thrive in a global era. For more...
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July, 2009
Tony Ware was homeless before she moved into subsidized permanent housing. Her rental support ends in August. Ware said she will be moving to North Carolina in the fall if she is unable to find more affordable housing. Photo by Marian Wang.
Climbing stairs isn't easy for Tony Ware. Dressed in a yellow Austin Powers T-shirt, blue jeans and black ballet flats, the 55-year-old woman huffs and puffs...
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July, 2009
This is the first installment in a three-part series for Chicago Matters: Beyond Burnham. Now in its 19th year, Chicago Matters--an award-winning annual public information series made possible by the Chicago Community Trust, with programming by WTTW11, WBEZ Chicago Public Radio, the Chicago Public Library and the Reporter--returns to explore how our region can thrive in a global era. For more...
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March, 2009
Initiated and funded by The Chicago Community Trust, the region's community foundation, Chicago Matters is an annual exploration--via television, radio, print, and community dialogue--of an issue of broad concern to the Chicago region. Now in its 19th year, Chicago's award-winning, multimedia public affairs series returns in 2009 with Chicago Matters: Beyond Burnham to to explore how our...
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October, 2008
When businessman and environmentalist Tom Casten sees the Fisk and Crawford coal-burning plants spewing their emissions above Chicago, he gets angry. Not only because of the public health effects of the emissions, but because he knows there is a much better way to generate electricity for Chicago.
Casten wants businesses, legislators and the general public to see the value of recycling waste...
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October, 2008
This is the third installment in a three-part series for Chicago Matters: Growing Forward.
This year's Chicago Matters--the award-winning multimedia public affairs series made possible by The Chicago Community Trust with programming from WTTW 11, Chicago Public Radio, the Chicago Public Library, and The Chicago Reporter--will examine how the choices we make today impact our environment and...
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