Ruby Bailey
rubybailey.bsky.social
Ruby Bailey
@rubybailey.bsky.social
Editor-in-Chief, Illinois Answers Project
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Also congrats to @cplhouse.bsky.social @rubybailey.bsky.social, @illinoisanswers.bsky.social team & the @southsideweekly.bsky.social team for the Making It in Chicago nom! Proud the Reader was able to republish several of these stories makingitinchicago.illinoisanswers.org
Detours and Dead Ends on the Path to Opportunity
makingitinchicago.illinoisanswers.org
October 31, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Weekly investigations editor @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social will join @illinoisanswers.bsky.social journalists in discussing "Making it in Chicago: Detours and Dead Ends on the Path to Opportunity" at a live podcast taping at the City Club of Chicago tomorrow!
www.cityclub-chicago.org/event/2/5697...
June 9, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Achieving economic mobility has become difficult for many Chicagoans.

That’s among the key findings in a recent and wide-ranging series of stories from the Illinois Answers Project.
Why some Chicagoans struggle to find financial freedom
CHICAGO (WGN) — Achieving economic mobility has become difficult for many Chicagoans. That’s among the key findings in a recent and wide-ranging series of stories from the Illinois Answers Project.…
wgntv.com
May 29, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Reposted by Ruby Bailey
After a community listening tour last fall, we charged ahead, reporting on topics as big as...
child care costs
affordable housing & healthcare
student loans
Gig work
violence interrupters
and aging in place.

Our series "Making it in Chicago" is the result:

makingitinchicago.illinoisanswers.org
Detours and Dead Ends on the Path to Opportunity
makingitinchicago.illinoisanswers.org
May 27, 2025 at 12:37 PM