The Chicago Reporter articles from April 2004

The Chicago Reporter archives from April 2004

Editor's note.(Editorial)
April 1, 2004... As we thought about the best ways to approach this month's cover story on Latino teen parents, choosing our primary sources was easy. But attributing information to them proved more difficult than we initially realized. Many news...

Families with a new twist: same-sex couples have fought for the right to adopt children, just as they are fighting for the right to legally marry.(New Voices)
April 1, 2004... Joe Flint, 42, and his partner, Steve Mosco, 53, are among many same-sex couples who are becoming more visible in their efforts to establish and maintain families. Some, with children from previous relationships, are waging custody battles....

Meeting the mark; a city program for minority- and women-owned businesses is being revamped. Some disagree on how to best measure its success.(Keeping Current)
April 1, 2004... Now under scrutiny, a city initiative aimed at helping minority- and women-owned construction contractors continues to thrive at divvying up public contracts more equitably'. Few of those companies, however, become successful enough through the...

Getting what they need: though government, school and family safety nets may elude them, Latina teen mothers say they aren't giving up.(Cover Story)
April 1, 2004... Jaqueline Espinal was still wearing her brown leather bomber coat, despite the pressing heat inside the old Logan Square mansion on an unseasonably warm winter day. A slight girl who had just reached her 16th birthday, Jaqueline could easily...

Seeking shelter: caught between childhood and adulthood, teen mothers who need homes find few options.
April 1, 2004... Seventeen-year-old Emily and her 1-year-old son, Jeremiah, are caught between the expectations of others and the reality of their own lives. On the one hand, the thinking goes, Emily and other teen mothers should live at home with their...

Crossing over: they're far apart on the issues, but both Senate primary winners are touting their interracial experience. It could signal a new era of racial politics.
April 1, 2004... Early in the afternoon of March 16, Illinois' primary election day, voters trickled into the polling station in the basement of the Community Church of Wilmette. Though it was chilly outside, the weather wasn't nasty enough to keep everyone at...

April 4, 2004.(Parting Shot)
April 1, 2004... Sergio Moya flips through a bin of old records at the New Maxwell Street Market on Canal Street just south of Roosevelt Road. The popular outdoor bazaar, which is held from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. each Sunday, features a wide variety of food, music...