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Investigating race and poverty since 1972

Author Archives: Deborah L. Shelton

Deborah is the managing editor at The Chicago Reporter. Email her at dshelton@chicagoreporter.com and follow her on Twitter @deborahlshelton.

Posted inRace and Culture

In Kenwood, black picket fences

by Deborah L. Shelton May 8, 2016November 8, 2017

Black middle-class families are drawn to South Side neighborhoods like Kenwood, but the city’s long history of segregation casts a shadow on their quality of life.

Posted in16 Shots, Criminal Justice

Widespread discontent, out-of-state dollars helped defeat Alvarez

by Deborah L. Shelton March 16, 2016October 9, 2017
Posted in16 Shots, Criminal Justice, Government and Politics

Police accountability takes center stage in Cook County State’s Attorney race

by Deborah L. Shelton March 1, 2016August 18, 2016
Posted inEditor's Blog

Living in the cross hairs of gun violence

by Deborah L. Shelton September 29, 2015May 29, 2017
Posted inHealth

Mentally ill behind bars

by Deborah L. Shelton April 27, 2015April 16, 2015
Posted inHealth

Room for a new life

by Deborah L. Shelton April 27, 2015April 7, 2015
Posted inCover Story, Health

Guilty of mental illness

by Deborah L. Shelton April 27, 2015November 3, 2016
Posted inCriminal Justice, Editor's Blog

To honor shooting victim Hadiya Pendleton, we need more than a park

by Deborah L. Shelton April 16, 2015April 16, 2015
Posted inEditor's Blog, Perspectives

When Chicago elected its first black mayor

by Deborah L. Shelton March 18, 2015April 13, 2015
Posted inCriminal Justice, Editor's Blog

A laundry list of lynchings

by Deborah L. Shelton and Yuri Han February 12, 2015June 24, 2015

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