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Posted inGovernment and Politics

Chicago has been quietly intercepting millions from state tax refunds during the pandemic

by Simon Davis-Cohen and The Chicago Reporter September 15, 2020March 3, 2021

The Lightfoot administration intercepted at least $27 million in 2020 from residents’ state tax refunds to collect on debt, disproportionately hitting lower income neighborhoods and communities of color.

Posted inPerspectives

Asian Americans invisible in COVID-19 data and in public health response

by Namratha Kandula and Nilay Shah June 16, 2020July 24, 2020
Posted inCoronavirus

Some Chicagoans may be facing coronavirus threat without water at home

by María Inés Zamudio, Alden K. Loury and The Chicago Reporter April 2, 2020April 7, 2020
Posted inGovernment and Politics

Is Lightfoot’s war on poverty too late to stop Chicago’s black exodus?

by Josh McGhee February 28, 2020March 3, 2020
Posted inCover Story

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot says she’s ending poverty in a generation. Is it possible?

by Josh McGhee February 21, 2020February 28, 2020
Posted inPerspectives, Perspectives: The Powers That Be

Fourth Illinois site joins national Underground Railroad registry

by Curtis Black September 24, 2019September 26, 2019
Posted inPerspectives, Perspectives: The Powers That Be

Questions still loom on Lincoln Yards and TIF

by Curtis Black September 19, 2019September 19, 2019
Posted inGovernment and Politics

Here are the 238 candidates running in Chicago’s 2019 municipal elections

by Jonah Newman December 13, 2018January 15, 2019
Posted inHousing, Perspectives

Analysis: African-Americans pay more for rent, especially in white neighborhoods

by Dirk Early, Edgar Olsen and Paul E. Carrillo October 31, 2018November 12, 2018
Posted inEconomic Development, Perspectives

Worker-owned co-ops: a model to build wealth for low-income communities in Chicago

by G. Sequane Lawrence May 31, 2018June 7, 2018

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