On June 12th, 1966, after the first ever Puerto Rican Pride Parade, Chicago Police Department Patrolman Thomas Munyon shot 20 year-old Aracelis Cruz, sparking a wave of protests that would…
For Diana Bradi and her family, the threat of foreclosure was the threat of losing everything –and with two mortgages and a struggling business on the line, losing everything meant…
Are you one of the 32,169 Illinois homeowners who could be saving thousands on their mortgage? In the Chicago metro area there are 27,639 HARP-eligible homeowners, more than anywhere else…
As we turn the corner on a crisp Chicago spring and bask in the sunlight, it might be time to take on a little spring cleaning. Historically, cultures all over…
Money is a man’s world. In the United States, women make $.76 to a man’s $1.00, and 59% of women are in the labor force, compared to 69% of men.…
Chatham resident Melinda Powell has a history of taking her community under her wing. Whether showing…
2016 marks the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Chicago Freedom Movement, a civil rights movement dedicated to protesting the poverty, racism, and segregation that has been a…
In 1902, Jane Addams, celebrated Chicago activist and the first American woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, conducted a study of the city’s tenements. She was surprised to find…
Rosa Ruiz* had always wanted to own a home, but felt like it was beyond her grasp. “I never thought it would happen for me,” the 41 year-old single mother…
We’ve all heard of credit, but for many of us, what it is and how it works remain somewhat of a mystery. The word itself, “credit,” is derived from the…
