Kari Lydersen
Kari Lydersen is a staff writer out of The Washington Post midwest bureau and also freelances for publications including The Chicago Reporter and The Progressive. She is the author of three books, including “Revolt on Goose Island” (Melville House Press) released in June 2009. She also teaches Community News at Columbia College and teaches youth journalism in a non-profit program. http://www.karilydersen.com.
ARTICLES IN SHELTERFORCE since jan 08
- Fighting Foreclosure On All Fronts
While national coverage has subsided, a handful of immigrant families in Chicago’s Albany Park neighborhood are still fighting to stay in their foreclosed apartment building, and their story is simply part of a larger struggle in the country’s third-largest city.
POSTS ON ROOFLINES
- Feb 7 · Despite Missing Out On NSP2, There’s Still Much Work To Do in Chicago Suburbs
- Jul 1 · Gary Never Forgot: A Suffering Steel Town Clings to Jackson Legacy
- Feb 11 · Despite Promises of Relief, Foreclosure Crisis Still Escalating
- Jan 29 · Fighting Wage Theft
- Jan 21 · The Inauguration: View from a Chicago Diner
- Dec 16 · Chicago Factory Occupation Victory Is Only The Beginning
- Dec 4 · Foreclosure Nightmare Continues for “Famous” Chicago Renters
- Nov 20 · Infrastructure Woes or Opportunities?
- Nov 13 · Hope…of Curbing Climate Change
- Nov 5 · Obama’s Chicago: A New Start
- Oct 31 · Too Young to Vote, But Not Too Young to Engage
- Oct 23 · Renters Still Facing Foreclosure Evictions; Help Arrives, But Is It Enough?
- Oct 18 · Chicago Sheriff Stands up for Renters
- Sep 24 · A Green Job Renaissance?
- Sep 2 · Alaska’s Pebble Mine Vote the Same Old Catch-22: Jobs or Environment
- Aug 24 · Native Alaskans See Walrus Harvest Disappear with Sea Ice
- Aug 7 · Dirty Coal Takes Communities’ Breath Away
- Jul 31 · Employment as Crime Prevention
- Jun 30 · New Orleans Voices
- Jun 24 · Down and Out in the Big Easy
- Jun 24 · Another Day in the Lower Ninth Ward
- Jun 19 · Instead of Blaming FEMA, We Need a National Safety Net
- Jun 18 · Taking Blame for the Floods
- Jun 16 · Iowa: The Midwest Katrina?
- Jun 5 · Will Obama Fever Heal Black-Latino Relations?
- May 27 · Golf Course Wars in Benton Harbor
- May 21 · Thrown into the Mix
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