The Chicago Reporter articles from April 2001

The Chicago Reporter archives from April 2001

An Insider's View of the Asian American Mosaic.(books)(Brief Article)(Review)
April 1, 2001... People of Asian descent play a significant role in shaping the American experience, although the mainstream media have been slow to acknowledge it, writes William Wong in his new book, "Yellow Journalist: Dispatches from Asian America." The...

CHA Parents Seek Stability As Housing Falls.
April 1, 2001... In 1997, the Chicago Housing Authority moved Twanna Johnson and her four children out of a Cabrini-Green high-rise on Chicago's Near North Side. With the help of a federal Section 8 rental subsidy, Johnson, 31, moved more than eight miles...

The Color of Justice on Cook County Juries.(Chicago, Illinois)
April 1, 2001... For 10 days, Sam W. Shipp held steadfastly to his belief that Jonathan Tolliver was not guilty of murdering Chicago Police Officer Michael Ceriale. The lone holdout on the jury said the prosecution did not present enough evidence to...

Reporter Racks Up Honors.(Laura S. Washington, journalist)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Laura S. Washington, editor and publisher of The Chicago Reporter, was among seven journalists honored at a Women in History Month celebration March 26 at the Chicago Urban League, 4510 S. Michigan Ave. She received the 5th Annual Women in...

New Housing Grant.(Fund for Investigative Journalism Inc.)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... The Fund for Investigative Journalism Inc. awarded the Reporter a $5,000 grant to support reporter Brian J. Rogal's coverage of affordable housing in Chicago. The grant marks the Reporter's fourth year of support from the Washington, D.C-based...

City Club of Chicago.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... At a March 27 luncheon sponsored by the City Club of Chicago, a nonpartisan civic group, Cook County State's Attorney Richard A. Devine said he was "seeking to change the automatic transfer laws so that juveniles will be treated in juvenile...

The Economist.(affirmative action in the United States)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... As a more diverse America emerges, the time is ripe to scrap affirmative action, according to a March 15 editorial in The Economist. The London-based weekly weighs in on the issue in the wake of new census data that show this country "in the...

The Washington Post.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... African Americans, who may soon relinquish their largest minority status to Latinos, should not lose sight of the primary objective of self-sufficiency, National Urban League President Hugh Price tells columnist William Raspberry of The...

Chicago Poems.(Review)
April 1, 2001... If Carl Sandburg were observing today's Chicago, he would find stark comparisons between the city of the early 20th century described in his "Chicago Poems" and the one that exists now, write authors Haya Stier and Marta Tienda in their new...

Colorlines magazine.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Fighting to change the nation's current system of electing a president should top any social justice agenda, writes Executive Editor Bob Wing in the Spring issue of Colorlines magazine. "The tyranny of the white majority is still...

U.S. Department of Justice.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Data released in March by the U.S. Department of Justice show new racial inequities in civilian contacts with law enforcement. Conducted between July 1 and Dec. 31, 1999, the survey found black drivers were almost twice as likely as whites to...

Illinois Election System Challenged.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Since November's presidential election fiasco, Illinois officials and advocacy groups have jumped on the bandwagon with lawsuits and legislation aimed at protecting voters from ballot discrepancies. In January the Democratic Party of...

Medical University of South Carolina.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Non-consensual drug tests administered by the Medical University of South Carolina violated the Fourth Amendment rights of maternity patients, according to a March 21 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Ferguson vs. City of Charleston. The hospital's...

ShoreBank Corp.(Brief Article)(Obituary)
April 1, 2001... Margaret A. Cheap, former president and chief executive officer of ShoreBank Corp., died on Feb. 27 in San Francisco after a 10-month battle with brain cancer. Chicago's South Shore Bank, renamed ShoreBank in 2000, is known as America's first...