The Chicago Reporter articles from March 2004

The Chicago Reporter archives from March 2004

Editor's note.(Editorial)
March 1, 2004... In my years as a journalist, I've toured an array of nonprofits that serve Latino immigrants, covered plenty of the politicians they vote for and gotten to know dozens of immigration experts. So when I started editing this month's cover story,...

Letter to the editor.(Letter to the Editor)
March 1, 2004... After reading your January cover story "Armed and Dangerous," I was left with the opinion that your publication bought into the Chicago Police Department's propaganda that all the young minority males who have been murdered by Chicago police...

Competitive spirit: in a racially changing community, Ron Newquist uses sports to bring youth together.(New Voices)
March 1, 2004... March is a big month in sports and Illinois politics, buzzing with the energy of March Madness and primary elections. But, for Ron Newquist, who's spent more than two decades coaching and campaigning, this month will be business as usual. ...

Charitable giving: government workers are stuffing money into the campaign coffers of their bosses.(Keeping Current)
March 1, 2004... Everybody's doing it. Throughout Illinois, government workers are bankrolling the campaigns of elected officials. The practice is widespread, the money involved sometimes immense, and the implications potentially troubling: While, by law,...

The go-between: Jose L. Oliva works to fill the spaces separating undocumented workers, government agencies and lawbreaking employers.(Cover Story)
March 1, 2004... On the morning of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Jose L. Oliva braved the crisp, bone-chilling weather to join a hardened group of jornaleros--day laborers, most of them immigrant men--at a dingy strip mall near the intersection of Pulaski Road...

Forgotten people: as CHA buildings fall, residents without leases are left with nowhere to stay, and many are women and children.
March 1, 2004... As the Chicago Housing Authority razes thousands of units as part of its 10-year Plan for Transformation, the city has tracked and attempted to find housing for leaseholders displaced by the demolition. But many observers say thousands of...

Parting shot.
March 1, 2004... February 26, 2004 From A waiting area above, Elisa Rojas checks her husband's progress as he stands in a long line for an identification card at the Mexican consulate in Chicago. After years in cramped quarters on North Michigan Avenue,...