The program will distribute $500 per month to each of 5,000 low-income families.
Tag: Poverty
Posted inNews & Politics
The last men’s hotel
For those who live there, the Ewing Annex Hotel is a refuge, an artifact, and a last chance. The man who’s been holding it together for more than 20 years is about to retire.
Posted inNews & Politics
Striking teachers say paychecks are the least of their problems
At an Englewood elementary school, teachers and staff describe working conditions that hurt kids most.
Posted inMusic
Riot Fest’s elephant in the room
Does Riot Fest have any business taking over a public park in a largely Black and Brown neighborhood?
Posted inArts & Culture
Eviction is more than just a bureaucratic process
An architecture critic and a housing reporter visit a new exhibition in Milwaukee.
Posted inNews & Politics
Five challengers take on 46th Ward alderman Cappleman from the left
Gentrifying Uptown may be ready for the return of Helen Shiller’s spirit.
Posted inArts & Culture
Instead of making a point, In the Blood wallows in misery
Suzan-Lori Parks’s modern-day Hester Prynne suffers horribly for no discernible purpose.
Posted inFilm
In Shoplifters, the sharpest insights are blurred by sentimentality
Hirokazu Kore-eda’s film about an impoverished makeshift family won the Palme d’Or at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.
Posted inBlogs
Why renters should care about the Cook County assessor’s race
Dramatic changes in property tax assessment have a deep impact on renters, assessor candidate Fritz Kaegi says.
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How The Florida Project works wonders with cinematic time
Sean Baker’s indie drama is an impressive feat of sympathetic filmmaking.
Posted inArts & Culture
Gentrifier is a positive step forward in the gentrification debate
A new book succeeds by avoiding simple solutions to complicated problems.
Posted inBlogs
This Mother’s Day, groups rally to support incarcerated moms
Through toiletry drives, “bail-outs,” and reunification rides, local activists work to brighten Mother’s Day in jail and prison.
Posted inNews & Politics
Home sweet home for the homeless
For thousands of Chicagoans “living outside,” for better or worse, home is still where they make it.
Posted inBlogs
The ironies and contradictions of the New York Times event on Chicago gun violence
Journalists, philanthropists, top cops, and academics spend a luxurious evening discussing what to do about young men shooting each other.
Posted inArts & Culture
Sarah Smarsh’s insight into the lives of the working poor comes from her own wealth of experience
A discussion with the writer in advance of her appearance at the Chicago Humanities Festival