The Chicago Reporter articles from December 2004

The Chicago Reporter archives from December 2004

Editor's note.
December 1, 2004... Looking back on it, few believed the city's summer jobs program would help young people much in the long run. At best, it put a few dollars in their pockets and kept them out of trouble for a couple months. Even many advocates acknowledged it...

The Chicago Reporter.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... Kimbriell Kelly has joined The Chicago Reporter as the new Robert R. McCormick Tribune Minority Fellow in Urban Journalism. She worked as a reporter at the Daily Herald in Arlington Heights for six years. During that time, she also served as a...

Correction.(Correction Notice)
December 1, 2004... Correction: The photo of William Cox which appeared on the cover of the Reporter's November issue was incorrectly credited. The photo was taken by Mary Hanlon. We regret the error.

Starting over, again: recovering from a drug addiction is tough, even when it appears that you've beaten it.(New Voices)(Interview)
December 1, 2004... Kathy M. Melvin has to go through another woman's basement room to get to hers, which is slightly larger than a closet. A television blares from behind one wall, and women's laughter can be heard beyond the opposite one, over the rain outside....

Drop in the bucket: federal cutbacks leave young workers out in the cold.
December 1, 2004... A shell of what it used to be, Chicago's youth employment program has seen its budget shrink and now helps only a few hundred teenagers get jobs and credentials--the program's two main goals. Representing a major shift in philosophy, the city's...

Build them up: helping young black men overcome biases and find jobs isn't easy.
December 1, 2004... Bill Leavy, executive director of the Greater West Town Project, which has a $439,879 contract, said he has worked hard to find other ways to pay for the programs his organization offers. He said some of the cuts have been balanced by increased...

Stand-up guys: every Election Day, thousands of city employees skip their jobs to do political work. And some say they're forced to.
December 1, 2004... Sleet fell throughout the cold morning of Nov. 2, but the five guys handing out campaign literature outside St. Juliana school couldn't think of being anywhere else on Election Day. Pacing next to the walkway leading into the school, 7400 W....

Friends of the Reporter: Fiscal Year 2004.(listing of financial contributions received by the The Chicago Reporter)
December 1, 2004... Between July 1, 2003, and June 30, 2004, the Reporter received $34,645 in generous contributions from individual donors and groups. Their gifts helped preserve and strengthen the magazine's investigative coverage of issues related to race and...

December 15, 2004.(Parting Shot; Arthur Burns volunteer for Greater Chicago Food Depository)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... Arthur Burns, a volunteer for Ald. Helen Shiller's office, unloads food from the Greater Chicago Food Depository for a giveaway, which is held every third Wednesday in Uptown. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]