Uncategorized Archives - The Chicago Reporter https://www.chicagoreporter.com/category/uncategorized/ Investigating race and poverty since 1972 Mon, 03 Apr 2023 17:14:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/logo-1-reverse-1-150x150-1.png Uncategorized Archives - The Chicago Reporter https://www.chicagoreporter.com/category/uncategorized/ 32 32 163009088 Chicago-based Organization works to combat outsized effect of lead drinking water contamination impacting daycare centers https://www.chicagoreporter.com/chicago-based-organization-works-to-combat-outsized-effect-of-lead-drinking-water-contamination-impacting-daycare-centers/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/chicago-based-organization-works-to-combat-outsized-effect-of-lead-drinking-water-contamination-impacting-daycare-centers/#respond Mon, 03 Apr 2023 17:14:40 +0000 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=7846854 Elevate, a Chicago-based nonprofit, continues its work to deliver lead-free water to children in underserved communities. The organization tackles elevated lead levels in municipal drinking water with the highest levels occurring in communities of color. Water levels in Chicago-area homes must meet the Environmental Protection Agency action level of 15 parts of lead per billion […]

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]]> https://www.chicagoreporter.com/chicago-based-organization-works-to-combat-outsized-effect-of-lead-drinking-water-contamination-impacting-daycare-centers/feed/ 0 7846854 Breaking down barriers as Latino professionals https://www.chicagoreporter.com/breaking-down-barriers-as-latino-professionals/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/breaking-down-barriers-as-latino-professionals/#respond Fri, 22 Jul 2022 19:04:00 +0000 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=7845568 In my role as an attorney, I am always aware of my minority status–not only as a woman but as a Latina. Luckily, my days of being mistaken for a client or a court reporter in court are mostly over, thanks to Zoom court calls and from many years of experience. My “youthful” Latina genes […]

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]]> https://www.chicagoreporter.com/breaking-down-barriers-as-latino-professionals/feed/ 0 7845568 Census 2020: “Black people aren’t leaving Chicago…they’re being forced out” https://www.chicagoreporter.com/census-2020-black-people-arent-leaving-chicagotheyre-being-forced-out/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/census-2020-black-people-arent-leaving-chicagotheyre-being-forced-out/#comments Sat, 04 Sep 2021 02:16:00 +0000 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=7736391 The door opens as a chime announces the entrance of a customer, a woman who approaches the counter window to pick up her order of the Viola strawberry cheesecake. A few minutes later, the door opens again, the chime makes its customary welcome, and another customer makes a pick-up. This time it’s the Pecan Pleasure […]

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]]> https://www.chicagoreporter.com/census-2020-black-people-arent-leaving-chicagotheyre-being-forced-out/feed/ 4 7736391 The Warehouse Archipelago pt. 2 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/the-warehouse-archipelago-pt-2/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/the-warehouse-archipelago-pt-2/#respond Mon, 30 Aug 2021 17:37:00 +0000 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=7710734 As many as four million workers labor in clusters of warehouses scattered across the United States. Many are mislabeled as ‘temps’; all are poorly paid, and on-the-job injuries are high. In the article “The Warehouse Archipelago”, John Lippert and Stephen Franklin investigate the current state of staffing in the warehouse industry. Part Two of the […]

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]]> https://www.chicagoreporter.com/the-warehouse-archipelago-pt-2/feed/ 0 7710734 The Warehouse Archipelago pt.1 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/the-warehouse-archipelago/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/the-warehouse-archipelago/#respond Mon, 23 Aug 2021 14:01:00 +0000 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=7694132 As many as four million workers labor in clusters of warehouses scattered across the United States. Many are mislabeled as ‘temps’; all are poorly paid, and on-the-job injuries are high. In the article “The Warehouse Archipelago”, John Lippert and Stephen Franklin investigate the current state of staffing in the warehouse industry. Part One of the […]

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