deep poverty Archives - The Chicago Reporter http://www.chicagoreporter.com/tag/deep-poverty/ Investigating race and poverty since 1972 Mon, 22 May 2017 15:09:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/logo-1-reverse-1-150x150-1.png deep poverty Archives - The Chicago Reporter http://www.chicagoreporter.com/tag/deep-poverty/ 32 32 163009088 A community out in the cold https://www.chicagoreporter.com/a-community-out-in-the-cold/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/a-community-out-in-the-cold/#respond Fri, 05 Feb 2016 19:14:20 +0000 http://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=135627 Even during the winter, home for some Chicagoans is a viaduct or a park bench.

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]]> https://www.chicagoreporter.com/a-community-out-in-the-cold/feed/ 0 135627 Jobless in Chicago’s financial district https://www.chicagoreporter.com/jobless-in-chicagos-financial-district/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/jobless-in-chicagos-financial-district/#comments Fri, 04 Dec 2015 20:26:31 +0000 http://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=105799 The city's unemployed can be seen throughout Chicago's downtown, but in many ways, they are invisible.

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]]> https://www.chicagoreporter.com/jobless-in-chicagos-financial-district/feed/ 1 105799 Black Chicagoans most likely to live in deep poverty https://www.chicagoreporter.com/black-chicagoans-most-likely-to-live-in-deep-poverty/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/black-chicagoans-most-likely-to-live-in-deep-poverty/#comments Tue, 06 Oct 2015 15:00:46 +0000 http://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=84304 Seven Chicago communities, all of them predominately black, have the highest percentage of residents living in deep poverty.

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]]> https://www.chicagoreporter.com/black-chicagoans-most-likely-to-live-in-deep-poverty/feed/ 2 84304 New Census data shows persistence of poverty in Chicago https://www.chicagoreporter.com/new-census-data-shows-persistence-of-poverty-in-chicago/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/new-census-data-shows-persistence-of-poverty-in-chicago/#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2015 16:25:08 +0000 http://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=82981 One in three African Americans in Chicago live in poverty. African Americans are three times as likely as whites to be living in deep poverty—below 50 percent of the federal poverty line.

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]]> https://www.chicagoreporter.com/new-census-data-shows-persistence-of-poverty-in-chicago/feed/ 1 82981 New census numbers reveal faces of deep poverty https://www.chicagoreporter.com/new-census-numbers-reveal-faces-deep-poverty/ Tue, 30 Sep 2014 22:03:14 +0000 http://chicago-reporter.dev.cshp.co/new-census-numbers-reveal-faces-deep-poverty/ The numbers paint a stark picture of the haves and have-nots in Illinois and across the country. The poorest of the poor are not always who people think they are–many of them hold down jobs, in fact--nor do they always live where many Americans think they live.

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