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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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An economic breakdown of Chicago's Englewood neighborhood
Feb 11, 2013
This week, Marketplace's Sylvester Monroe reports from Englewood, a neighborhood on Chicago's South Side, which has one of the highest homicide rates in the city.
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Wrigley field renovation: Will big billboards make bad neighbors?
Feb 4, 2013
As Chicago's Wrigley Field looks to renovate, part of the Cubs' plan includes blocking the view of the game from neighbors across the street.
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Can you still make it in America?
Jan 18, 2013
Asking Chicagoans what it means to make it in America in today's economy.
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Building great schools: How to make it in America
Jan 18, 2013
High school principal Elizabeth Dozier discusses the difficulties in providing opportunities for public school students in urban centers, such as Chicago.
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How do you make it as a comedian?
Jan 18, 2013
Chicago is a comedy capital, of sorts. Some of "Saturday Night Live"'s most famous comedians started in Chicago, many at the famed Second City comedy club. Sean Flannery is one comedian 'making it' in America; his show "Never Been To Paris" continues to sell out.
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An old song still resonates: 'Is it because I'm black?'
Jan 18, 2013
Singer Syl Johnson beat the odds he sang about, but barriers still restrain black economic mobility
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