Katherine Mirani, Author at The Chicago Reporter https://www.chicagoreporter.com Investigating race and poverty since 1972 Mon, 12 Jan 2015 21:57:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/logo-1-reverse-1-150x150-1.png Katherine Mirani, Author at The Chicago Reporter https://www.chicagoreporter.com 32 32 163009088 Advocates urge more mental health services for unaccompanied immigrant children https://www.chicagoreporter.com/advocates-urge-more-mental-health-services-unaccompanied-immigrant-children/ Tue, 09 Dec 2014 20:06:21 +0000 http://chicago-reporter.dev.cshp.co/advocates-urge-more-mental-health-services-unaccompanied-immigrant-children/ Unaccompanied minors face temporary displacement, language barriers and other challenges that can lead to anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and other serious mental health problems, according to research. Advocates say more services, such as talk therapy and support groups, are needed to help them deal with the stress and trauma they have experienced.

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]]> 8366 How President Obama’s immigration policy could affect Illinois https://www.chicagoreporter.com/how-president-obamas-immigration-policy-could-affect-illinois/ Fri, 21 Nov 2014 22:15:56 +0000 http://chicago-reporter.dev.cshp.co/how-president-obamas-immigration-policy-could-affect-illinois/ Critics said President Obama overstepped his power when he used his executive authority Thursday to provide deportation relief and temporary permission to work to up to 5 million undocumented immigrants. Others said the reforms did not go far enough. The Migration Policy Institute, based in Washington, D.C., estimates that nearly half of all undocumented immigrants […]

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]]> 8316 TCR Talks: Defending housing as a human right https://www.chicagoreporter.com/tcr-talks-defending-housing-human-right/ http://chicago-reporter.dev.cshp.co/tcr-talks-defending-housing-human-right/ Antonio Gutierrez wasn’t planning to be a housing activist. In 2012, he graduated from the Illinois Institute of Technology with a degree in architecture, but his status as an undocumented immigrant prevented him from working. He started organizing with immigrant groups, volunteering for two years with the Immigrant Youth Justice League and Organized Communities Against […]

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]]> 8231 Art sparks dialogue about Cook County Jail https://www.chicagoreporter.com/art-sparks-dialogue-about-cook-county-jail/ http://chicago-reporter.dev.cshp.co/art-sparks-dialogue-about-cook-county-jail/ Maria Gaspar’s mother was a clown, and Gaspar would go with her when she performed at house parties. But being a clown was only one of her mother’s jobs. She also taught elementary school students in Little Village and hosted community radio shows about poetry and women’s health. She inspired Gaspar with her ability to […]

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]]> 8161 TCR Talks: Organizing women for peace https://www.chicagoreporter.com/tcr-talks-organizing-women-peace/ http://chicago-reporter.dev.cshp.co/tcr-talks-organizing-women-peace/ As a youth pastor about 20 years ago, Rev. Dr. Marcenia Richards was used to helping young people in the safe space of the Pentecostal church. But when she decided one day to confront a group of kids shouting at one another and on the verge of fighting outside her home, she knew she was […]

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