The Chicago Reporter articles from March 2003

The Chicago Reporter archives from March 2003

Finding humanity in homelessness.
March 1, 2003... Patricia Blackwood did not grow up in poverty. She has never had any problems with drugs or alcohol, nor does she have a history of mental illness. But about five-and-a-half years ago, Blackwood found herself living on the street. She grew...

Terrorism sting busts immigrants.
March 1, 2003... All sides agree on this much: Elvira Arellano is no terrorist. But the ripple effect of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks has already landed her in jail and may soon send her and her 4-year-old son back to Mexico. Or worse, she could end up...

Watchdog criticizes CHA plan.(Chicago Housing Authority)
March 1, 2003... A key component of the Chicago Housing Authority's effort to transform public housing "is doomed to continued failure" unless funding is drastically increased, the CHA's independent watchdog concluded in a January report. Former U.S....

Campaign targets 'white power music'--and provokes store owners.
March 1, 2003... Interspersed among the 20,000 titles at Record Breakers, an independent music store in northwest suburban Hoffman Estates, are albums by bands with names like Hatemonger and Final Solution. According to analysts with the Center for New...

The Chicago Reporter: July/August 1988.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Most families leaving the Chicago Housing Authority with the help of federal rent subsidies are ending up in segregated areas, the Reporter found. Nearly 80 percent of the families relocated since 1995 are now living in census tracts that are...

Students recruited in wartime. (Keeping Current).
March 1, 2003... More than 10 percent of Chicago public high school students participate in Junior ROTC, a class designed, taught and partly paid for by the U.S. military, according to Chicago Public Schools data. Ninety-three percent of the junior cadets are...