Articles
Clear Filters
Loading...
15 results
- Best of Chicago, City Life Jun 19, 2013
-
-
Best Community Organization
Southwest Organizing Project
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 15, 2013
-
-
State rep La Shawn Ford, advocate for ex-offenders, hopes he doesn't become one
A drive through the west side with indicted state rep La Shawn Ford
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 1, 2013
-
-
School closings: The latest blow to neighborhoods already reeling from disinvestment
What's the cost of pulling the plug on public services in neighborhoods desperately in need of them?
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 30, 2012
-
-
Blight, politics, and hope on the west side
The story behind a vacant building turned into public art
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 17, 2012
-
-
Looking for work in East Garfield Park
A glimpse of joblessness on the west side
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 14, 2012
-
-
The presidency: take this job and love it
If Obama's so smart, why does he want four more years?
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 4, 2012
-
-
City job cuts hit black and Hispanic neighborhoods hardest
City job cuts hit black and Hispanic neighborhoods hardest
- News & Politics, Feature Dec 22, 2011
-
-
Kimberly Wasserman Nieto, the rallier
'The community is finding its voice, and it's amazing to see'
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 24, 2011
-
-
Sex and the city edition
Take our news quiz today and get lucky tonight.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 30, 2011
-
-
Foreclosure plan passes council committee—but where's the money for it?
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 22, 2010
-
Cook County Foreclosures: Game On
Cook County foreclosures start up again, but you haven't heard the end of this.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 12, 2009
-
The real housing bad guys
Aldermen wonder if the city's new housing plans will do enough to address the foreclosure crisis.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 11, 2008
-
When $55 million isn't enough
Chicago receives $55 million from the feds to address its housing crisis, and it's not nearly enough.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 26, 2008
-
No end in sight
A new article in the New Yorker--and grim economic data in Chicago--underscore the need for action beyond bailing out Wall Street.