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Tag: Poverty

Posted inOur Voices

Immigrant families face financial struggles

by Claudia Farfan Badillo September 7, 2022September 7, 2022

As a Spanish-speaking bankruptcy attorney in Chicago, I encounter many immigrant clients who are in debt and need help managing their finances. Many times, these clients do not understand some of the contracts they signed with their landlords, mortgage companies, and car lenders. Some of the worst car loans I have ever encountered have been […]

Posted inPerspectives

Millions of America’s working poor may lose out on key anti-poverty tax credit because of the pandemic

by Rebecca Hasdell, Alice Milivinti and David Rehkopf August 7, 2020August 7, 2020
Posted inPerspectives

Black Americans, crucial workers in crises, emerge worse off – not better

by Calvin Schermerhorn June 26, 2020June 26, 2020
Posted inPerspectives

What the Supreme Court’s decision on LGBT employment discrimination will mean for transgender Americans

by Christopher Carpenter and Gilbert Gonzales June 18, 2020June 18, 2020
Posted inPerspectives

How the coronavirus recession puts service workers at risk

by Donald T. Tomaskovic-Devey, Eric Hoyt, JD Swerzenski and Rodrigo Dominguez-Villegas April 11, 2020April 11, 2020
Posted inCoronavirus

Black people across Illinois are dying from COVID-19 at 3.4 times the rate of the white population

by Asraa Mustufa and David Eads April 7, 2020April 7, 2020
Posted inEditor's Blog

Covering coronavirus from the lens of race, poverty, and income inequality

by The Chicago Reporter March 27, 2020May 5, 2020
Posted inPerspectives: The Powers That Be

Illinois changes Medicaid, food stamps and unemployment policies in response to COVID-19

by Curtis Black March 26, 2020March 26, 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

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