Speaking out about affirmative action – Interview
Julia Randle
In high school, Donald Hubert, a poor kid from the South Side’s Engl…
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Foster case ends in disaster – Talisa Davenport murder case
Sarah Karp
In the first days of her life, Jennifer was taken into custo…
Never-ending cycle: Illinois’ reliance on property taxes as the major source of school funding has major consequences for communities throughout…
Nowhere to go: since the early 1990s, more women than evermost of them mothershave served time in Illinois prisons. Now they’re getting out….
Bouncing back: Evelyn Purdis remembers getting turned down for jobs because she lived in public housing. Now she runs her own business – New Voi…
Reparations battles
Mick Dumke
The reparations movement has amassed impressive energy support and attention over the last several y…
Palmer House Hilton – 2001 in Review – Brief Article
Kimiyo Naka
Long known for batting racism, 3rd Ward Alderman Dorothy Tillman d…
Casey Sanchez
Reporter Casey Sanchez left the Reporter to join the staff of the Intelligence Report at the Southern Poverty Law Center in…
American Indians leave Uptown behind – Native Land – Chicago neighbourhood
Stephanie Williams
Marilyn Miller was 12 when she and he…
‘Crack Babies’: Black Children Defy Stereotypes, Face Bias – the tragedy of ‘crack babies’
Sarah Karp
Britney is a playful little g…