Chicago Reporter (https://www.chicagoreporter.com/tag/poverty/page/2/)
Eight years later, a lawsuit arguing that the state’s system of funding public education violates minority students’ civil rights presses forward.
From poverty to household earnings to Internet access, economic conditions for black and Hispanic residents lag behind those of whites according to newly published figures.
Black neighborhoods with a legacy of disinvestment and segregation struggle to repurpose shuttered schools.
The cash-strapped school district eliminated a unit that helped eligible families sign up for public benefits. Now it could lose millions of dollars in state poverty grants, while thousands of children go without food and health insurance.
As manufacturing and other jobs decline in the city, Chicagoans who depend on public transportation struggle to commute to the suburbs for work.
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.
District officials are warning principals that their schools may lose poverty dollars due to an inexplicable undercount of low-income students this year.
Even during the winter, home for some Chicagoans is a viaduct or a park bench.
Low-income people frequently have to stay in jail because they can’t afford to post bond. A new organization in Chicago wants to help change that.
The city’s unemployed can be seen throughout Chicago’s downtown, but in many ways, they are invisible.