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Illinois: hitting up the poor for their bottom dollar

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A new report finds that Illinois' tax threshold is so low it still taxes working families living under the poverty level.

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Six reasons people hate public housing

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Wentworth Gardens struggles to bridge the gap between neighborhoods, gangs

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It's not just Fenger that's seeing a mix of gangs and neighborhoods leading to violence. Chicago's Wentworth Gardens is trying to make one community out of a divided group of people.

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Is housing affordable in Chicago? UN representative to find out

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The UN special rapporteur for housing is in Chicago, investigating whether the city's housing violates international human rights standards.

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NIMBY: if not your backyard, then whose?

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City-dwellers for many neighborhoods complain that public housing residents moving into their community cause an increase in crime. But if they don't want low-income residents moving in next door, where are they supposed to go?

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Harold Ickes buildings come down; Quinn Chapel being rebuilt

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The last few Harold Ickes buildings are about to be demolished. A block away historic Quinn Chapel is being rebuilt. See the near South Side changing before your very eyes.

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New CTA chief Terry Peterson has ties to public housing corruption scandal

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Terry Peterson may be the new CTA chief, but he's not new to Chicago politics. As head of the Chicago Housing Authority, an investigation showed possible pay-to-play with public housing contractors.

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Rising poverty in Illinois: Is one solution to fix the state budget? - One Story Up

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30 percent of Chicago's kids are living in poverty. Could we help them by balancing the state's budget?

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Making the invisible visible

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National homeless activist Mark Horvath visits Chicago on his tour of the United States and meets three homeless Chicagoans and listens to their stories.

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Breaking the mold: why Lathrop Homes is destined for something different

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Residents of Lathrop Homes say the Plan for Transformation model of knocking down public housing and rebuilding with mixed-incomes will actually hurt their neighborhood.

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Web site: http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/one-story-up/

Neighborhood: Lincoln Square

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"I have this experience when I interview someone, if it's going well and we're really talking in a serious way, and they're telling me about personal things, I fall in love a little. Man, woman, child, any age, any background, I fall in love a little. They're sharing so much of themselves. If you have half a heart, how can you not?"
Ira Glass, from the New Kings of Nonfiction

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