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Developer to build affordable housing in upscale Lincoln Park neighborhood

Kathy Moore has seen a lot of changes in the 42 years she’s lived in Lincoln Park. Gone are the hardware stores, smoke shops, and neighborhood pharmacies. In the late 1990′s, the rooming house next door was converted to a massive single-family home, like many of the other apartment buildings on her street. “Everybody who... Read more »

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NATO summit protests in pictures

All photos by Brent Lewis.

By Chicago Reporter,
May 17, 2012 at 9:14 am

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Proposed child care cuts to trigger downward spiral: "It put families like me and others in a deeper hole."

Chalonda McIntosh doesn’t often take the day off work. But she will tomorrow, when she’ll head down to Springfield to protest cuts and funding shortages to the state’s child care subsidy program for low-income families. I talked to McIntosh back in November when I was doing a story about the lack of child care centers... Read more »

By MeganCottrell,
May 15, 2012 at 3:06 pm

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New Illinois law to make foreclosure fraud a felony stalls with no Republican support

David Lowery, president of the Chicago Far South Suburban NAACP, kept seeing the same problem over and over again. “Our members were coming to us. They were complaining that they hadn’t even missed payments and were being foreclosed on,” said Lowery. “Some of the people that were being foreclosed on, they didn’t even know the... Read more »

By MeganCottrell,
May 8, 2012 at 12:19 pm

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The Chicago Reporter Wins 8 Lisagor Awards

The Chicago Reporter won eight Lisagor Awards Friday night honoring exemplary reporting, design, graphics and photography in 2011. The awards were established by the Chicago Headline Club in 1977 to recognize top-notch journalism in Chicago and were named in honor of Peter Lisagor, one of the country’s most respected journalists who died in 1976. In-Depth... Read more »

By Michael McHugh,
May 7, 2012 at 10:46 am

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The Chicago Reporter up for several top honors at Friday's Lisagor Awards

The Chicago Reporter, celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2012, has been nominated for a number of top honors in the 35th annual Peter Lisagor Awards for Exemplary Journalism. Founded by the Chicago Headline Club in 1977, these awards recognize the best of the city’s journalism and also serve to inspire journalists to follow Lisagor’s contribution... Read more »

By Michael McHugh,
May 4, 2012 at 11:21 am

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Alderman Foulkes: Englewood doesn't trust the Trust -- or Rahm

Fifteenth Ward Alderman Toni Foulkes was one of seven council members to vote “nay” on Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s controversial $1.7 billion infrastructure trust last week, in large part because of, well, trust. After the ordinance sailed through city council, Foulkes told the Chicago Sun-Times that residents of Englewood–who comprise a big chunk of her ward–simply... Read more »

By Nick Moroni,
May 4, 2012 at 8:00 am

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Will Lathrop Homes' spot on National Register of Historic Places save it from the bulldozer?

Lathrop Homes was public housing before public housing existed. Built in the late 1930s as a project of the Works Progress Administration during the depression, the low-rise brick buildings along the Chicago River don’t look like the massive concrete towers built decades later. The courtyard layout, complete with archways, decorative windows and stone medallions are... Read more »

By MeganCottrell,
May 2, 2012 at 10:31 am

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Struggling IL homeowners, renters to get $20 million piece of big mortgage settlement pie

Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced Wednesday that $20 million will make its way to statewide programs aimed at keeping folks in their homes and providing mortgage relief. That’s thanks to Madigan’s involvement in a national lawsuit against some of the country’s biggest lenders, which ended in a $26 billion settlement earlier this year–the second... Read more »

By Nick Moroni,
April 19, 2012 at 1:48 pm

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Race and poverty roundup: George Zimmerman charged; subprime lending is back; Derrick Smith indicted

What’s moving in the world of race and poverty, on Chicago Muckrakers weekly. The announcement that George Zimmerman will be charged with second degree murder was welcomed by advocates who felt that letting Zimmerman go free, despite there being little question that he had shot Florida teenager Trayvon Martin, was a travesty of justice. Rep. Derrick... Read more »