Editor’s note: This is the second of a two-part series identifying how local minority organizations picked up the mantle to attempt to increase the Census Bureau count to avoid Chicago losing necessary federal resources and political clout. Of all the red flags raised by the 2020 Census, one of the most concerning was the undercount […]

Author Archives: Stephen Franklin
Stephen Franklin is a former labor writer and foreign correspondent for the Chicago Tribune, reporting from Afghanistan to Peru. A Pulitzer Prize finalist, he also worked for the Detroit Free Press, Philadelphia Bulletin and Miami Herald. He has trained local journalists around the world and was the ethnic news media project director for Public Narrative, a Chicago nonprofit. He has taught at the University of Illinois, Northwestern University and Columbia College.