Chicago

Undocumented workers are vulnerable to exploitation and often get nickeled and dimed as a result of their status.

Major American brands and some of the country's largest temp staffing companies profit from undocumented workers while keeping them at arm's length.

Underground labor brokers in Chicago exploit undocumented Latino workers who need rides to warehouse jobs in the suburbs.

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.

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.

Helping poor families relocate to safer neighborhoods with better schools shown to improve mobility for children.

Experts say public housing policy is just one factor in the violence that troubles Chicago's poor neighborhoods.

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.

Over 500 people were killed in Chicago last year. And the soaring murder rate has real economic consequences for the city.

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.