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January, 2013
Just before Jeff Kelly Lowenstein’s 2009 nursing home investigation hit the press, the story became all too real with the sudden death of an elderly African-American man named Bennie.Bennie Saxon, an 84-year-old with dementia, fell from a four-story window at Alden Wentworth Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Greater Grand Crossing on the city’s South Side. Business practices at the...
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January, 2013
Its one-mile oval of green turf sits beneath a clear blue sky, eliciting an elegant appearance and experience. But the Arlington International Racecourse in Chicago’s Northwest suburbs had a secret, and it wasn’t pretty.Danielle Gordon took an official tour of Arlington’s pristine grounds on the suspicion that something was awry. Instead of spending the hour on the sanctioned route, she changed...
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November, 2012
The news: The funding and use of Medicare and Medicaid have been a divisive issue during the 2012 presidential debates.Behind the news: According to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, public spending on medical programs—such as Medicare and the Children’s Health Insurance Program—increased 89 percent in Illinois since welfare reform in 1994, averaging $3,143 per person in 2010, the latest year...
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November, 2012
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September, 2012
The news: In June, a Walgreens store near 75th and State streets joined a pilot program that offers free HIV testing and counseling under the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Behind the news: Despite a citywide decrease of 22 percent between 2010 and 2011, seven community areas on the South and Southwest sides saw an increase in the number of new HIV infections, shows a Chicago Reporter...
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May, 2012
The news: The City of Chicago launched a pilot program in March to streamline food inspection processes, requiring fewer routine assessments for low-risk food establishments.Behind the news: Food establishments that fail five or more health inspections are more likely to be on the city’s South Side. Of the 35 food establishments that have failed five or more inspections since January 2010, 21 are...
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May, 2012
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May, 2012
The news: In February, President Barack Obama announced “accommodation” to faith-based organizations by directing their health insurance companies to cover the costs for the new requirement that contraception be covered under insurance.Behind the news: Minority teens are more likely to have unprotected sex than white teens in Illinois, according to The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and...
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February, 2012
Three years ago, The Chicago Reporter took a look at HIV/AIDS funding in the state’s African-American community. What we uncovered was a disjointed network, with activists fighting for their share of the money pie and organizations spending big bucks on prevention and advocacy programs while infection rates in the community continued to rise.While there is no doubt that there are dedicated...
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