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The Chicago Reporter

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Investigating race and poverty since 1972

Tag: economic opportunity

Posted inGovernment and Politics, Perspectives

Why states and cities should stop handing out billions in economic incentives to companies

by Nathan Jensen July 18, 2019July 18, 2019

Recent scandals involve economic development programs in New Jersey and Maryland highlight their many flaws, including a lack of oversight and their ineffectiveness.\

Posted inPerspectives

Chicago’s gangs have changed. Our violence intervention strategies should too.

by John M. Hagedorn, Roberto Aspholm, Teresa Córdova, Andrew V. Papachristos and Lance Williams April 16, 2019April 17, 2019
Posted inEconomic Development, Employment and Labor, Perspectives

Fifty years later, what the Kerner report tells us about race in Chicago today

by William Scarborough, Kasey Henricks and Amanda E. Lewis February 26, 2018February 26, 2018
Posted inPerspectives, Perspectives: The Powers That Be, Transportation

Highway expansion drives jobs away from communities that need them

by Curtis Black September 21, 2017
Posted inEconomic Development, Government and Politics, Race and Culture, TCR Talks

What segregation is costing Chicago

by Susan Smith Richardson March 28, 2017March 31, 2017
Posted inEducation

In Kansas City, a lesson in transforming closed schools

by Kalyn Belsha January 24, 2017May 22, 2018
Posted inEmployment and Labor, Perspectives, Perspectives: The Powers That Be

Democratic leaders aided Trump by failing the working class

by Curtis Black November 9, 2016June 1, 2017
Posted inTransportation

Red Line extension aims to improve transit and development on the Far South Side

by La Risa Lynch October 31, 2016January 31, 2018
Posted inTransportation

For Riverdale, Red Line extension may be path to employment

by Kevin Stark October 25, 2016January 31, 2018
Posted inEconomic Development, Multimedia, Transportation, Video

Revamped Metra Electric could put South Side on the fast track

by La Risa Lynch June 20, 2016June 11, 2018

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