CHICAGO — Here's what we're reading to distract ourselves from another dreary July day.
A Trump Kinda Place: Chicago has seen a drop in the number of immigrants moving here with work visas over the last ten years, and that's not good, some say. Senior editor Andrew Herrmann is reading a Voice Of America piece that includes one area employer who uses tech-savvy immigrants lamenting that such skilled workers don't want to come here. The reason: they prefer the south, partially because of the weather but also because of lower taxes. Elizabeth Schuh of the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning says that prior to the recession, the Chicago area saw about 50,000 to 60,000 immigrants come here annually; since 2010, it's been about 24,0000 annually.
What Should Happen To An Area Teen Linked to ISIS? The Chicago Reader's Mick Dumke tells the story of Mohammed Hamzah Khan, a suburban teen who was busted while attempting to get to Syria with his siblings. As Khan makes his way through legal proceedings, Dumke explores how the teen was recruited, what drove him to leave and whether jail is the right place for him. "If [Kahn and his siblings] were Irish Catholic and they were going over to fight for the IRA, they'd have been grabbed by their ear by the FBI and pulled in to their parents," said Thomas Durkin, Kahn's attorney. "But they didn't do that to Hamzah Khan."
The Rape of a Runaway: The Huffington Post tells the story of former Runaways band member Jackie Fuchs, who was allegedly drugged and raped by manager Kim Fowley when she was 16. The incident allegedly took place as rock icon Joan Jett stood nearby, along with a large crowd of people. Other women have also come foward about being sexually assaulted by Fowley, who died in January.
Same-Sex Couple Denied Marriage License On Video: A Moorehead, Ky. couple went to the Rowan County clerk's office to request a marriage certificate when they were instead confronted with police. The clerk, Kim Davis, refused to issue the license and is also currently being sued by the American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky because of past refusals against other couples. Reporter Linze Rice is reading in The Advocate that David Moore and his finacé, who have lived in Rowan County for the past decade of their 17-year relationship, came armed with the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision to make marriage equality the law of the land, as well as a copy of Gov. Steve Beshear's executive order mandating county clerks issue licenses to all eligible couples. The clerk staff tell the couple Davis is "busy," call the police, and eventually ask the pair to stop filming.
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