Recently added articles from The Chicago Reporter:
Catering to black dollars.(EDITOR'S NOTE: Reporter News)
Sep 01, 2009; ... Where I live, there are cows, there are tractors and there is a barn: Pottery Barn. The store is flanked by an Abercrombie and Fitch, Borders, Talbots, Trader Joe's White House/Black Market and Williams-Sonoma on the west side of the street and a cornfield on the east side. ...
Reporter news.(EDITOR'S NOTE: Reporter News)
Sep 01, 2009 ... In July, citing blog posts, data analyses and maps from The Chicago Reporter, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan filed a lawsuit against Wells Fargo alleging that the lending giant targeted African-American and Latino borrowers with subprime products. In four blog posts ...
Group tallies late loans.(SPINOFFS: Keeping Current)
Sep 01, 2009; ... The news: One in 59 Chicago-area homes are in foreclosure, according to a report released this month by California-based RealtyTrac. Behind the news: Borrowers in the Chicago metropolitan area are not as delinquent in making high-cost mortgage payments ...
Moms who move.(SPINOFFS: Keeping Current)
Sep 01, 2009; ... The news: Elvira Arellano, an undocumented immigrant and mother who spent a year in the sanctuary of a Humboldt Park church before being deported in 2007, announced she will run for a congressional seat in Mexico. Behind the news: Historically, the ...
Double-digit unemployment predates recession for some.(SPINOFFS: Keeping Current)
Sep 01, 2009; ... The news: The unemployment rate in Illinois hit double digits in June when it jumped to 10.3 percent, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Behind the news: Unemployment rates in Chicago's black neighborhoods have been in the double digits for ...