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FALL 2008
The Times They Are A'Changin The indictment and arrest of former Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge on October 21 is yet another indication that a complete
transformation of American life is underway.
'Train Wreck' Expected for TV Transition Time is running out for millions of the nation's consumers who are unaware and unprepared for the television switch from analog to digital on February 17, 2009.
CHA Seniors Keep Waiting to Return Home A Residents’ Journal investigation has found that renovation of three public housing buildings for senior citizens is years overdue, despite previous proclamations from the Chicago Housing Authority that all of its senior buildings have been rehabbed.
U.S Reps Call For Moratorium On Public Housing Demolitions U.S. Representatives Maxine Waters (D-CA) and Barney Frank (D-Mass.) want the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to “immediately cease approval of all demolition and disposition applications” currently pending from all public housing authorities across the nation.
Harold L. Ickes Homes News The lives of Harold Ickes’ residents were disrupted when three buildings out of the remaining 11 were ordered to be vacated of their tenants.
CHA Goes on the Defensive about Child's Death The Chicago Housing Authority recently went on the defensive after a toddler was killed in the Cabrini-Green row houses in June.
Congress Accuses HUD of Mismanagement Section 8 tenants from around the city rallied downtown recently to protest what they described as
“deliberate miscalculations” by the federal government which are threatening the housing of thousands of families and
seniors in communities across Illinois.
New Funding for Chicago Rental Subsidies Approximately 1,500 additional households will be assisted with new funding from the Low Income Housing Trust Fund, according to Ted Dygus, a media liaison for the Chicago Department of Housing.
Sisters Form a Brotherhood The ladies of the 7th District Women’s Advisory Committee joined U.S. Rep. Danny K. Davis (D-7) to host a town hall meeting on March 30 at the Westside Center of Truth. The meeting was to explore women’s issues and celebrate Women’s History Month. It also was to highlight the achievements of female leaders in the community.
Lathrop Residents Want Vacant Units Occupied Residents of the Lathrop Homes public housing community and their advocates marched through their community recently to get the Chicago Housing Authority to open up the large number of vacant units in the development to people in need of affordable housing.
The Audacity of Forgiveness On Election Day for the Illinois primaries in March this year, I willingly walked into a police station.
Report Finds Child Care More Expensive than Rent Child care costs are rising faster than inflation for Cook County families, according to a recent report by Illinois Action for Children.
One Man Giving Back to the Community Many people have been known as the ‘greatest’ for the work they have done in their communities and on the TV screen. One who will always be remembered is “Rocky.” He is one of television’s most known fighters. No matter how bad “Rocky” was beaten, the crowd would cheer him on and he’d win the boxing match in the end.
Stop The Violence In an effort to save our youth, Diane Latiker, a young mother and founder of Kids Off the Block (KOB), decided that the kids in the Roseland area needed a way to fulfill their dreams without resorting to the violence that has been spreading citywide.
Crystal Clear Views My Life, My Story, My Song Sometimes I feel like crawling under a desk and convincing God to allow me to die. Frankly, it’s not easy being the first in my family to graduate high school in four years and also being the first to go to college. That reality puts an indescribable pressure on me that causes me to be too terrified to fail and even more afraid to admit to myself (let alone anyone else) when life gets overwhelming.
Reforms Needed at Tamms Supermax Prison Reform is badly needed at the Tamms Supermax Prison for the “egregious abuses” to inmates occurring there, according to Tamms Year Ten (TY10), an activist and prisoner support group.
Sheriff Gets Safeguards for Evicted Tenants Renters in Cook County will now be notified before they are evicted from buildings in foreclosure, according to Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart.
Increasing Numbers of Homeless Seniors The number of homeless people over 50 is increasing at an alarming rate and they have limited resources for support," according to a first-ever report on the issue released June 2, 2008 by the Chicago Alliance to End Homelessness and Loyola University Chicago's Center for Urban Research and Learning.
Saving a Piece of History in Cabrini Green One of the few remaining murals painted by William Walker is under threat. Walker, born in 1927, has three remaining works here in Chicago.
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