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Chicago
In Chicago, COVID-19 takes a toll in Black and Latinx neighborhoods
Sep 21, 2020
Family members of one Black 32-year-old woman who died say they are concerned about the lack of communication from the hospital before her death.
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on rebuilding trust between the city and its people
Aug 17, 2020
Lightfoot wants to "unwind" Chicago's "addiction to fines and fees" so as to not drive people into bankruptcy and out of the economy.
Chicago developers are making use of opportunity zone investment
Jan 23, 2020
But economic impact is hard to track without oversight at state or federal level. Critics say that's not good enough.
How one Chicago call center works to prevent homelessness
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David Wagner
Jan 14, 2020
Workers connect qualifying callers with one-time emergency aid.
Manufacturing needs workers. Chicago has plenty. Where’s the disconnect?
Dec 11, 2019
A high rate of unemployment persists in some parts of Chicago, despite a worker shortage in manufacturing.
Chicago's Lincoln Yards development under scrutiny
Apr 3, 2019
Who will the multibillion-dollar project benefit?
Let's do the numbers: St. Patrick's Day edition
Mar 15, 2018
From closed bars to Pedialyte, here are a few things you might not have known about the holiday.
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Parking tickets are bankrupting Chicago residents
Mar 6, 2018
Why Chicago has more parking ticket debt than other major American cities, and who the system targets.
African-Americans are leaving Chicago for a better quality of life in neighboring Indiana
Jan 29, 2018
Issues with schools, a stagnant job market and affordability have driven 12,000 blacks from Cook County in the last year.
What happens when sexual harassment becomes ingrained in work culture?
Dec 20, 2017
While some industries may be going through a watershed moment of zero tolerance for sexual harassment, other workplaces may be much slower to change. A recent investigation by the New York Times into two Chicago-based Ford Motor Co. factories shows an entrenched culture of harassment and sexual assault. Senior correspondent Susan Chira, along with her colleague […]