The Chicago Reporter articles from February 2001

The Chicago Reporter archives from February 2001

The Challenge to Raise Boys to Men.(Brief Article)(Review)
February 1, 2001... Black sons, despite their parents' love and best hopes, are "endangered" in a world that sees them through a false lens of stereotypes and racism, write the authors of "Boys into Men: Raising our African American Teenage Sons." The...

Alison Stein.
February 1, 2001... The country's 9 million African American baby boomers remain a huge, untapped marketing source, and capturing it calls for a recognition of the lessons from their childhoods, writes Contributing Editor Alison Stein Wellner in the February issue...

Ellis Cose.
February 1, 2001... The concept of a black leader whose flock--a monolithic black America--will follow like "lemmings in thrall to clay-footed messiahs," is obsolete, writes Newsweek Contributing Editor Ellis Cose in the magazine's Jan. 29 issue. "Black leaders...

Thandeka.
February 1, 2001... No one is born white in America, writes Thandeka, author of "Learning to be White: Money, Race, and God in America." Thandeka, a minister and teacher at Meadville-Lombard Theological School on Chicago's South Side, describes being white as a...

Elaine L. Chao.
February 1, 2001... The new U.S. Secretary of Labor, Elaine L. Chao, is an "unabashed believer in the American Dream" who may not realize that hard work alone won't lift the vast majority of indigent Americans, writes Ling-chi Wang in the Jan. 18 edition of Asian...

Glenn C. Loury.
February 1, 2001... Looking back at the Clinton presidency, the welfare reform act of 1996 shifted our anti-poverty policy and altered the welfare status quo, writes Glenn C. Loury in the February edition of The Atlantic Monthly. Loury, a professor of economics...

'Crack Babies': Black Children Defy Stereotypes, Face Bias.(the tragedy of 'crack babies')
February 1, 2001... Britney is a playful little girl. By midmorning one Thursday in early January; she had put her hot pink sweater and pink, polka-dot pants on inside out and backwards, covered her face with shaving cream and painted a sheet of paper completely...

Radio Stations Serving Minorities Lag in Revenue Performance.(WGCI, Chicago, Illinois)
February 1, 2001... More listeners tune in to WGCI-FM than any other radio station in Chicago. But the station, which has ranked number one for the past four years, has never reached the top of the chart in another important category: advertising revenue. ...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR.
February 1, 2001... To the Editor: MPC applauds The Chicago Reporter's in-depth analysis (November/December 2000) of changes in the Bronzeville community as the CHA implements its "Plan for Transformation" and the private market responds to a revitalizing...

Lewis Tapped for Political Beat.(Pamela A. Lewis, Chicago Reporter)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Pamela A. Lewis, 28, has been named the new government and politics reporter at The Chicago Reporter. Lewis first came to the Reporter as an intern in May 1997. The Michigan City native earned a bachelor's of science and communications from...

Education Matters.
February 1, 2001... The next issue of The Chicago Reporter will feature the first of three articles focusing on education in Chicago. "Chicago Matters" is an annual public information series initiated and funded by The Chicago Community Trust, Chicago's community...

The Chicago Reporter: February 1996.(importance of having children tested for lead exposure)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... The Chicago Housing Authority encourages families with children up to age 6 to have them tested for lead exposure to prevent learning disabilities and other harmful effects. But only 7.2 percent of all CHA dwellings are known to be safe from...

Northwestern University.(professor Mary Pattillo-McCoy selected as one of Newsweek's 15 'Women to Watch in the 21st Century')(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Northwestern University Professor Mary Pattillo-McCoy, an African American, was named one of Newsweek magazine's 15 "Women to Watch in the Twenty-First Century" in the publication's Jan. 8 issue. The 30-year-old professor of sociology and...

Kmart Corp.(unlawful employment practices lawsuit)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Kmart Corp. is being sued for illegal harassment at its far north suburban Zion store. The class-action suit was flied Jan. 29 by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on behalf of Francisco Gomez, a former Kmart employee. It accuses...

New Study Confirms Disparities in Juvenile Law.(questions over the use of adult court for juvenile offenders)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... The 1987 Illinois Juvenile Court Act, which requires that some young offenders be transferred to adult court, is now drawing scrutiny from county and state officials. The law targets teens as young as 15 years old who are caught selling drugs...

Vanguard Media Inc.(publishing Savoy magazine)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Vanguard Media Inc., publisher of the now-defunct Emerge magazine, recently launched a new publication geared toward upscale African Americans. The magazine is named Savoy after the famed Savoy Ballroom nightclub in Harlem. The first edition...

Talent Development.(Northwestern University project helps talented second and third graders in Illinois' Evanston/Skokie School District)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... The Center for Talent Development at Northwestern University has teamed up with Evanston/Skokie Community Consolidated School District 65 to help gifted minority second- and third-graders perform their best and to extend their successes through...