The Chicago Reporter articles from February 2003

The Chicago Reporter archives from February 2003

Korean crisis provokes anxiety, activism.(Korean American Mira Im)(Interview)
February 1, 2003... Growing up in the mostly white southwest suburb of Orland Park, Mira Im had few Korean friends. "Encountering the Korean American community when I entered college was a shock for me--I'd never seen so many Koreans in my life," says Im, who...

Foster case ends in disaster.(Talisa Davenport murder case)
February 1, 2003... In the first days of her life, Jennifer was taken into custody by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services after nurses reported to the state's child abuse hotline that her mother appeared paranoid and unsure of how to care for...

More foster children landing in jail.
February 1, 2003... During the past six years, the number of Cook County foster children who spent time in juvenile detention centers and jails has more than tripled, from 67 in 1997 to 208 in 2002, according to the Illinois Department of Children and Family...

'No real choice' in two new Latino wards.
February 1, 2003... It looked like a big win for the Chicago City Council's Latino Caucus. On Nov. 29, 2001, in a surprising 48-2 vote, the council approved a new ward map that included four new predominately Latino wards--the 10th, 14th, 30th and 33rd. The...

Clubs promise path from poverty.(strip clubs recruit poor women)
February 1, 2003... Using a strong female voice and beat-driven music, a local radio ad informs mothers of a way out of poverty--by working in gentlemen's clubs. "You don't have to be poor anymore," the ad says. "Gail us and change your life today.... It's a...

Patterson on a mission.(Aaron Patterson)
February 1, 2003... Television cameramen and photographers crouched in the Sanctuary's corners, reminding Adalberto United Methodist Church's mainly Latino parishioners that the man who sat in the fourth pew from the front was a celebrity. Centro Sin...

Letters to the editor.(Letter to the Editor)
February 1, 2003... To the Editor: This letter is in response to the article "Minority Faculty Finish Last on Tenure Track" in the November 2002 Chicago Reporter. Over the past 15 years, the University of Illinois at Chicago has made significant progress...

New grants.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... The Joyce Foundation has awarded $75,000 for the Reporter's expansion and capacity-building efforts. The Alphawood Foundation (formerly the WPWR-TV Channel 50 foundation) and the R.R. Donnelley Foundation have each granted $5,000 for the...

The Chicago Reporter: July 1975.
February 1, 2003... A federally funded study of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services found that black foster children in Chicago were staying in temporary care far longer than necessary. Almost half of the 1,962 African American wards surveyed...

In some communities, violence persists. (Keeping Current).
February 1, 2003... Chicago closed out 2002 with the news that its murder count had dropped from the previous year, and the city no longer led the nation in total homicides. But other problems remained: At 22.3 per 100,000 residents, Chicago's murder rate...