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Hawaii fights for Obama presidential center
May 7, 2013
Hawaii is taking the offensive to lure Obama's future library or presidential center. Chicago appears to have the inside track, but Honolulu is offering up a beachfront site worth a cool $75 million.
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Undocumented workers pay special fees
Apr 30, 2013
Undocumented workers are vulnerable to exploitation and often get nickeled and dimed as a result of their status.
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Major American companies benefit from undocumented workers
Apr 30, 2013
Major American brands and some of the country's largest temp staffing companies profit from undocumented workers while keeping them at arm's length.
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Going for a ride with Chicago's 'raiteros'
Apr 29, 2013
Underground labor brokers in Chicago exploit undocumented Latino workers who need rides to warehouse jobs in the suburbs.
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PODCAST: Behind the reporting of our special investigation on 'raiteros'
Apr 29, 2013
Go behind the scenes of our investigation into Chicago's underworld of labor brokers, known as "raiteros," who charge workers fees, pushing their pay below minimum wage.
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Stuck in a labor trap: More from ProPublica
Apr 29, 2013
ProPublica and Marketplace team up for a special investigation into an underworld of labor brokers, known as "raiteros," who charge worker fees, pushing their pay below minimum wage.
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Changing neighborhoods can change your life
Feb 13, 2013
Helping poor families relocate to safer neighborhoods with better schools shown to improve mobility for children.
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Is there a link between housing policy and violence?
Feb 12, 2013
Experts say public housing policy is just one factor in the violence that troubles Chicago's poor neighborhoods.
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Betting wrong on gentrification in Chicago
Feb 12, 2013
During the bubble, many snapped up properties in neighborhoods they thought were going to become more affluent. But instead of moving up, Chicago's Englewood neighborhood has been spiraling down.
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The economic costs of violence in Chicago
Feb 11, 2013
Over 500 people were killed in Chicago last year. And the soaring murder rate has real economic consequences for the city.
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