Amy Qin
Data Reporter
Amy is a data reporter for WBEZ, where she uses storytelling to make data informative and accessible for communities across Chicago.
Most recently, she worked as a data reporter at the Arizona Republic, covering housing insecurity and homelessness. Prior to that, she interned at Block Club Chicago, Injustice Watch and got her start in journalism at the South Side Weekly.
The highest complaints came from some Northwest and West side communities like Belmont Cragin, Dunning, Portage Park, Austin and Hermosa.
At least four out of every five police agencies in the state reported higher rates of stopping Black and Latino drivers compared to white drivers.
The suburban collar counties have grown more diverse with increases in nonwhite residents and decreases in white residents.
In Illinois, 80% of beauty and cosmetology programs are run by for-profit companies, which have a monopoly on training students for the state’s required licensing exams.
Students are frequently saddled with debt and jobs with low wages, a WBEZ investigation finds. Recruitment targets Black, brown and low-income students.
WBEZ reviewed six campus encampments to compare their duration and size, and the responses they got from police and university officials.
