Chicago Housing Authority ordered to pay $24 million in lead poisoning lawsuit brought by two residents
Two residents alleged the defendants knew their unit had lead-based paint and that their children suffered “severe lead ...
CHA residents are still waiting for promised transformation
The Chicago Housing Authority's Plan for Transformation was introduced 25 years ago this month. There's still work to do, ...
Chicago Housing Authority ordered to pay more than $24 million in damages for two children's lead poisoning
The family of Jah'mir Collins and Amiah McGee-Collins said they suffered "severe lead poisoning," and that the CHA lied about ...
Chicago family awarded $24M in lawsuit against CHA for lead exposure
CHICAGO — A Chicago family will receive more than $24 million following a verdict in a lawsuit against the Chicago Housing ...
Chicago Housing Authority ordered to pay $24M in lead paint case
The Chicago Housing Authority was ordered to pay $24 million after a jury found it hid the presence of lead paint from ...
Chicago jury awards $24.1M to family after children suffer lead poisoning in CHA housing
A jury awarded $24,141,000 to two children who suffered lead poisoning while living in a Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) ...
Prominent Puerto Rican civil rights leader José ‘Cha Cha’ Jiménez dies at 76
José “Cha Cha” Jiménez, a prominent civil rights and liberation movement figure and founder of the Young Lords in Chicago and ...
José "Cha Cha" Jiménez, who turned Chicago's Young Lords gang into human rights activist group, dies at 76
The Young Lords, as transformed by Jiménez into an activist organization, found a purpose in particular as the Puerto Rican community was being pushed out of Lincoln Park in the late 60s.
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Public funeral held in honor of civil rights activist José 'Cha Cha' Jimenez
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Family and friends of José "Cha Cha" Jimenez will pay their respects after the civil rights figure died last week. "Cha Cha" Jimenez was the founder of the Young Lords in Chicago ...