The Chicago Reporter articles from July 2002

The Chicago Reporter archives from July 2002

Filipina collects community's history.(Estrella Ravelo Alamar)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... Estrella Ravelo Alamar calls the master bedroom in her Hyde Park town home a "history sanctuary." Filled with stacks of boxes, some about to topple over, it holds thousands of old fliers, government records, news clippings and traditional...

American Indians leave Uptown behind. (Native Land).(Chicago neighbourhood)
July 1, 2002... Marilyn Miller was 12 when she and her family arrived in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood during the hot and muggy summer of 1967. Looking for better job opportunities, they moved from the Lac du Flambeau Chippewa reservation in northern Wisconsin...

Cook Country struggles to shed cases. (Welfare Success).(welfare reform)
July 1, 2002... At 9:35 on a Tuesday morning in June, the windowless waiting room n the Illinois Department of Human Services' Woodlawn office was already crowded. All the brown chairs were taken, and women were lined up on both sides of the large room,...

Dreams deferred by drug use.(prisoner Nathan Handy)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... Nathan Handy wanted to be a barber, the kind who works hair shows in sold-out convention halls. But the only haircuts he gives now are to his fellow inmates at the barbershop in Cook County Jail. Dressed in a tan two-piece uniform with...

Karp becomes reporter. (Reporter News).(Sarah Karp)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... After a year as contributing writer, Sarah Karp has been promoted to reporter. Karp has earned numerous awards for her work, including the 2000 Excellence Award from Chicago Women in Publishing for her May 2001 article, "Chicago Valedictorians...

Letter to the editor.
July 1, 2002... To the Editor: I represent Tony Bryant, who was quoted in your May 2002 issue ("Some Landlords Called Into Court--Again and Again). Although my client met with your reporter and explained his role, your story unfairly characterizes Mr....

The Chicago Reporter: February 1982. (Reporter News).(Native Americans becoming more self-sufficient)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... Native Americans are aggressively taking on problems such as alcoholism, high student dropout rates and unemployment, local community leaders say. Agencies working on these issues rely on the federal government for 70 percent of their funding....

Candidates weigh in on affordable housing. (Keeping Current).(Rep. Rod R. Blagojevich)(Attorney General Jim Ryan)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... Gubernatorial candidates U.S. Rep. Rod R. Blagojevich and illinois Attorney General Jim Ryan both agreed on June 25 that state government needs to take a more proactive approach toward easing the Chicago region's affordable housing crisis, but...