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February, 2013
"The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not want.”The Bible’s entire 23rd Psalm is written in marker, framed on the yellowed stucco wall, next to the red flyswatter hanging from a nail. Cans of food line the shelf in the tiny coat closet, a makeshift pantry.The psalm is a reminder to keep going when times get tough, said Curtis Horton, 48. He and his partner, Henrietta Riley, 54, are residents of the...
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March, 2013
Henrietta Riley opens her closet door to reveal canned goods and other food items. Storage space is limited in the single-room occupancy unit she shares with her partner Curtis Horton. “It’s not much, but it’s ours,” she said. A handwritten inscription of “Psalm 23” hangs on one wall. Small appliances line another. Photos by Jonathan Gibby.
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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
Shortly after The Chicago Reporter published its latest investigation into mortgage lending practices in 2007, it received a call from an unexpected place: Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan’s office.Madigan was interested in the Reporter’s data analysis that showed high-cost loans were being steered disproportionately toward African-American and Latino applicants. She used the Reporter’s...
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January, 2013
To celebrate four decades of muckraking on issues of race and poverty, we kick off this 40th anniversary edition with a focus on four of The Chicago Reporter’s key beats--criminal justice, immigration, labor and housing.The history behind each issue has had its own trajectory since the Reporter’s founding in 1972. To illustrate that, we sat down with prominent figures whose activism has made its...
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November, 2012
She’d said farewell to the neighbors, and her boxes were packed. Moving day had finally arrived, and reporters were on hand to witness the historic event. Annie Ricks was met by applause as she wheeled her belongings out of her apartment building one last time.The then-54-year-old’s move was heralded as marking the “end of an era” because, on Dec. 9, 2010, she became the final tenant to move out...
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