This story is part of WTTW’s Firsthand initiative exploring poverty in Chicago. By Leslie Hurtado The city’s…
chicoalitionSeptember 27, 2021
By Noah Tesfaye and Peter Winslow For the past six months, Michelle Thomas, a youth case manager…
chicoalitionSeptember 24, 2021
By Suzanne Hanney The Right to Recovery Coalition would agree with Mayor Lori Lightfoot that…
chicoalitionSeptember 20, 2021
The payments will be part of the city’s efforts to reengage thousands of children who…
chicoalitionSeptember 9, 2021
By Kristen Thometz A new Illinois law signed this month by Gov. J.B. Pritzker will…
chicoalitionAugust 19, 2021
By Marissa Nelson Taishi Neuman experienced homelessness when she was a sophomore in high school.…
chicoalitionAugust 15, 2021
You read that right: A new law sets the stage for community colleges to build…
chicoalitionAugust 6, 2021
By Chante Gamby, Contributing Writer Bring Chicago Home (BCH), a grassroots advocacy organization within the…
chicoalitionJuly 27, 2021
By Maureen Foertsch McKinney When he was a homeless freshman at the University of Illinois…
chicoalitionJuly 21, 2021
