Debates continue on the Obama Presidential Center’s impact on Woodlawn’s economic future
By Jinman Li Medill Reports What’s not to like about the proposed Obama Presidential Center? It’s a 19-acre complex of museum, library, plaza and athletic center, which was announced in May 2015 to be built in Chicago, the winner over several competing cities. The former president and first lady Michelle Obama selected the historic Jackson […]
Chicago’s only black-owned credit union soldiers on
By Jinman Li Medill Reports While black-owned banks disappear, another black-owned financial institution perseveres. South Side Community Federal Credit Union, or SSCFCU, at 5401 S. Wentworth Ave., is the only black-owned community credit union in Chicago. The not-for-profit financial institution is chartered and insured by the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), an agency of the […]
No longer a local afterthought, Loyola soaks in support as it readies for the Sweet 16
By Patrick Engel Medill Reports Two white charter buses turned east on Loyola Avenue off Sheridan Road, with the blue lights of police cars leading the way, and pulled into a driveway in back of Gentile Arena. About 500 fans and students had congregated on an adjacent turf field in the previous hour, waiting for […]
