Colette Allen acknowledges the 5th Ward has problems. Other residents and community leaders agree — safety and economic inequality have been issues in the 5th Ward for decades.
Those problems, however,...
Illinois’s state budget impasse has led to a reduction of resources and social services for Evanston’s homeless this holiday season.
Some nonprofit organizations have had to cut or alter many of...
Connections for the Homeless, an Evanston organization that works to prevent homelessness and aid homeless people in the city, announced its new executive director last Wednesday.
Betty Bogg will come...
Illinois Budget Crisis
Evanston residents and community activists shared personal difficulties amid the state budget impasse — from the overcrowding of health service centers to withholding of...
A Stanford sociologist discussed economic inequality Wednesday at an event organized by Connections for the Homeless, a nonprofit coping with decreased funding due to diminishing state budget allocations...
