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Illinois Public Interest Research Group. Illinois Public Interest Research Group ( Illinois PIRG) is a non-profit organization that is part of the state PIRG organizations. It works on a variety of political activities, including childhood obesity, reducing the interest on student loans, and closing tax loopholes. [1] [2]
Crucibles of Black Empowerment: Chicago's Neighborhood Politics from the New Deal to Harold Washington. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226130729. Hirsch, Arnold R. (2011). Making the Second Ghetto: Race and Housing in Chicago 1940-1960. Chicago, Illinois: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9781283097598. McKersie, Robert B. (2013).
2020. 24,425. −6.0%. [1] Up until 1948, Woodlawn was a middle class, white neighborhood, which grew out of the floods of workers and commerce from the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. During the first half of the century, many University of Chicago professors lived in Woodlawn.
Humboldt Park, one of 77 designated community areas, is on the West Side of Chicago, Illinois. The Humboldt Park neighborhood is known for its dynamic social and ethnic demographic change over the years. The Puerto Rican community has identified strongly with the area since the 1970s.
Empowerment zone. Within United States federal legislation, an empowerment zone is an economically distressed community eligible to receive tax incentives and grants from the United States federal government under the Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities Act of 1993. [1]
Irene Caudillo — who led a metro area not-for-profit dedicated to supporting Latino communities — will be the first Hispanic woman to assume the role of Kansas City, Kansas, chief of staff ...
The 4th congressional district of Illinois includes part of Cook County, and has been represented by Democrat Jesús "Chuy" García since January 2019. In November 2017, incumbent Luis Gutiérrez announced that he would retire from Congress at the end of his current term, and not seek re-election in 2018. [3] [4] Jesús "Chuy" García was ...
The American Indian Center of Chicago and The Chi-Nations Youth Council support changing the team name and logo. Members of Black Hawk's family have spoken out opposing the use of Native-themed mascots. The American Indian Association of Illinois has criticized the logo as a caricature of Black Hawk.