The Chicago Reporter articles from June 2003

The Chicago Reporter archives from June 2003

From menace to mentor.(former gang member works to prevent children from joining gangs)
June 1, 2003... At 10 years old, Juan Lopez was carrying a gun. Growing up in the 1970s in Humboldt Park, a community rife with gang activity, he was easily lured into a lifestyle that promised power and respect. Even after he was shot twice, Lopez's...

Immigrants face climate of fear. (Special Registration).
June 1, 2003... Tabassum Faiz-Mohammad left her Glendale Heights home on Sunday, May 25, to see her husband off at the airport. She could not kiss or hug him goodbye because of the handcuffs he wore and the immigration officials who encircled him. Her...

Tactics questioned in welfare cuts.
June 1, 2003... The number of families in Illinois receiving monthly welfare checks has dropped 78 percent since federal welfare reform was implemented in July 1997, and the state is leading the nation in caseload reduction since the recession hit two years...

Letters to the editor.
June 1, 2003... To the Editor: I had to howl at Steve Neal's piece on the Byzantine world of bouncing candidates off Chicago election ballots ("Getting on the Ballot and Staying on the Ballot Takes Moxie," a May 5 Chicago Sun-Times article based on the...

Senior Editor Alden K. Loury earned a Herman Kogan Award for his three-part series on the War on Drugs. (Reporter News).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Senior Editor Alden K. Loury earned a Herman Kogan Award for his three-part series on the War on Drugs (January, March, May 2002). The Chicago Bar Association award recognizes outstanding reporting on legal affairs. The Irvin Stern...

The Chicago Reporter: January 2000.(welfare statistics for Chicago, Illinois)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... The welfare caseload in Illinois fell from 191,127 in 1997 to 110,970 in 1999. But about 40 percent of whites left the welfare system because they earned enough income, compared with 27 percent of minorities. And, while rules violations...

Black community 'teach-ins' condemn Iraq War. (Keeping Current).
June 1, 2003... Numerous anti-war organizations and thousands of demonstrators in Chicago have publicly denounced the Iraq war. But leaders of a local African American group feel their communities haven't been served by the war or represented in the anti-war...