The Chicago Reporter articles from July 2004

The Chicago Reporter archives from July 2004

Letters to the editor.(Letter to the Editor)
July 1, 2004... Contrary to the Reporter's implication ["Cut Short," June 2004], the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services does track fatalities and has done so for more than a decade. Why do fatalities generally go up during a foster-care panic?...

In too deep: three decades of gang involvement was more than enough for one former leader. Now he's telling others not to follow his path.(Ulysses "U.S." Floyd)
July 1, 2004... Ulysses "U.S." Floyd was 14 years old when he decided to run with the 95th Street Syndicate Black Stone Rangers, one of Chicago's J most infamous street gangs at the time. It was 1965. "My mother died when I was 11 years old, and my father was...

Troubling development: long-standing security issues continue to plague one of the city's transformed public housing communities.(Keeping Current)
July 1, 2004... While Mayor Richard M. Daley is touting his plans to remake Chicago Housing Authority developments into mixed-income neighborhoods, a firm that manages one of his showcase communities is charging that the city is not doing enough to stop open...

Moving at their own risk: the redevelopment of public housing creates new dangers.(Investigation)(Cover Story)
July 1, 2004... Nicole Wright through her new home in Englewood would be safer than the Robert Taylor Homes. Last fall, her family was displaced from the dilapidated high-rise at 4037 S. Federal St., one of dozens demolished under the Chicago Housing...

Lack of force: the Chicago Housing Authority pays the Chicago Police Department $12 million a year for extra police services, but public housing residents say that they're not getting their money's worth.
July 1, 2004... When Francine Washington noticed hordes of police officers outside U.S. Cellular Field this spring, she walked toward the ballpark and counted them. The stadium, home of the Chicago White Sox, sits about three blocks west of the Stateway...

July 1, 2004.(Parting Shot)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Piro Malo, from Albania, and Silvia Lopez Mauk, from Mexico, were among 187 people from 48 countries sworn in as United States citizens during a naturalization ceremony hem at the Harold Washington Library downtown. Photo by E.J. Rublev.