Hugo Balta, Author at The Chicago Reporter

TCR Weekly Briefs: Pullman, Chicago’s first National Historical Park

The Chicago Reporter and Hugo Balta — Fri, 20 Jan 2023 19:30:00 +0000

History was made this week on Chicago’s South Side. The Pullman National Monument is now re-designated as Chicago’s first National Historical Park. The Pullman neighborhood was one of the first planned industrial communities in the nation, as railroad magnate George Pullman built homes right next to his factories. Pullman also played a significant role in […]

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The struggle for equitable housing in Chicago is as dire today as it was when Dr. King marched

Hugo Balta — Mon, 16 Jan 2023 15:00:00 +0000

In the late 1960s, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. brought his nonviolent revolution to Chicago. Invited by the Chicago Freedom Movement, Dr. King joined dozens of civil rights organizations demanding better living conditions for the Black community. Schemes to maintain housing segregation, such as redlining and racially restrictive covenants, created the infamous ghettos that became […]

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Last-minute Order Puts Elimination Of Cash Bail On Hold

The Chicago Reporter and Hugo Balta — Wed, 04 Jan 2023 05:12:14 +0000

Map of Illinois counties that have contested the Safety, Accountability, Fairness and Equity-Today Act, that was set to go into effect Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023, making Illinois the first cashless bail state. CHICAGO | The Pretrial Fairness Act, the portion of the Safety, Accountability, Fairness, and Equity-Today (SAFE-T) Act that eliminates cash bail, was set […]

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Census 2020: “Chicago Is Still The Land Of Opportunity”

Hugo Balta — Mon, 30 Aug 2021 21:52:15 +0000

A couple enters through one of the two wood-framed double doors, glances around the crowded spacious casual style dining restaurant for open tables, and decides on a spot for two in the patio offered to them by Marci Berner co-owner of Tata’s Tacos in Lakeview. It’s the second “authentic American food with a Mexican flavor” […]

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Many Puerto Ricans See Solidarity With Palestinians

Hugo Balta — Fri, 21 May 2021 16:40:00 +0000

Thunderous battles escalate in the skies above Israel and the ground below Gaza City, as the Israeli-Palestinian crisis continues to unleash death and destruction. Thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators are marching on the streets of Chicago and across the United States condemning what they say is indiscriminate bombing by Israel. Among the hundreds of “Free Palestine” […]

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