Dec 22, 2023 · Katherine “Katie” Schulder-Battis joins The Chicago Reporter to fill the position of Multimedia Editor/Investigations Reporter. While new to the team her name and work may strike a familiar chord. Last year, Katie moved from Brooklyn to earn an MSJ at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism with a concentration in Social Justice. It’s at this […]

3 days ago · As Chicago grapples with one of the nation’s most severe racial health disparities, a controversial conservative policy agenda known as Project 2025 threatens to undermine crucial health equity initiatives in the city. Public health experts and healthcare providers warn the proposed policies could reverse years of progress in addressing Chicago’s stark life …

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Apr 6, 2011 · Staff instructor Linda Bell teaches mothers like Tahira Muhammad, 23, how to be better parents through parenting classes in a unique residential program at an Abraham Lincoln Centre site at 1649 E. 50th St. (Photo by Olga Yolanda Lopez)] Olison, 37, lost custody of her newborn in 1996 when the hospital reported to DCFS that he was born with cocaine in his system.

Feb 17, 2023 · Katie Schulder-Battis is a Chicago Reporter contributor and graduate student at Northwestern University. This content is made possible through partnership with the Graduate Science Journalism Medill School Northwestern University and the Chicago Reporter. Formerly incarcerated women are leading a grassroots movement to reform the criminal justice system in Chicago and beyond. Since 1980, the ...

Jun 26, 2015 · As a plaintiff in a lawsuit that forced major changes in the education of Chicago students with disabilities, Corey H., is perhaps the most recognized student name in CPS history. In the courts for two decades, the lawsuit moved CPS from a de facto policy of segregating special education students to compliance with a federal law requiring students with disabilities to be educated in the least ...

Aug 30, 2023 · The first article in this series on financial disparities in Cook County, “Wealth Inequality and the Racial Wealth Gap,” discussed the extent of contemporary racial inequities in the County. Black and Latinx Cook County residents are more likely to be financially vulnerable than Black and Latinx individuals elsewhere in the country, and significantly less likely […]

Project 2025: A Looming Threat to Chicago’s Health Equity Progress. As Chicago grapples with one of the nation’s most severe racial health disparities, a controversial conservative policy agenda known as Project 2025 threatens to undermine crucial health equity initiatives in the city.

Apr 26, 2017 · In a bizarre twist in the long saga of a Chicago detective who allegedly framed dozens of Latino men for murder, Cook County prosecutors are now said to be considering immunity for retired gang crimes unit Det. Reynaldo Guevara.. The latest development comes as new State’s Attorney Kim Foxx wrestles with how to handle a number of Guevara-linked appeals that are in the pipeline – and it may ...

May 23, 2006 · Older and closer to the Loop, Pilsen is better known to outsiders. Young artists and non-Hispanic whites have been moving to the neighborhood for well over 20 years. The highly regarded Mexican Fine Arts Museum, built in 1987, and an annual Art Walk festival of galleries and showrooms draw people from throughout the city.