As the app-based informal economy grows, its many low-wage workers are demanding the same protections and benefits that many other full and part time workers have – to limited success in Chicago.
Claire Murphy
Claire Murphy is an investigative reporting intern at the Illinois Answers Project. She is currently a graduate journalism student at Northwestern University’s Medill School. Claire received her bachelor’s degree in journalism and history from Santa Clara University.
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Unsettling Accounts: How Illinois is Confronting the Student Loan Crisis
Illinois has one of the highest rates of student loans in the country, compelling the state to intervene so that residents burdened by debt can have some financial freedom to pursue their goals, including offering state-level loans and programs like the SmartBuy program which relieves a portion of student loan debt for residents who sign up to purchase a home through the program. But legislative support and limited funding for some of these initiatives are barriers to success.
