BORROWING TROUBLE: Illinois Tries New Tack Against Predatory Loans, The Wall Street Journal, August 21, 2007

Recognizing the MacArthur Foundation and the Local Initiatives Support Corporation of Chicago, New York Times, June 20, 2007

Effort to Advise on Risky Loans Runs Into Snag , New York Times, June 12, 2007

Life on Mortgage Street, Chicago Sun-Times, March 16, 2007

The Cannery Plaza To Be Built Along Western, Southwest News Herald, December 14, 2006

Debate continues over housing law, Chicago Tribune, November, 28 2006

Voice of the People: Combating Predatory Lending, Chicago Tribune, October 18, 2006

24 HOURS, Canvas the city, Chicago Tribune, September 21, 2006

Mall giant tries new format at S. Side site , Chicago Sun-Times, July 7, 2006

Generations Come Together, Southwest News Herald, June 8, 2006

Muslim Action Network To Expand Center, Southwest News Herald, May 18, 2006

Muslim confronts needs of city, Chicago Tribune, May 3, 2006

Jim Capraro received the Friend of the Neighborhoods Award, February 2006

NCP groups have meetings with Mayor Daley New Communities, January 2006

Full circle mapping project brings community data alive New Communities, January 2006

Daley takes names and takes notes Chicago Tribune, 9/30/05

LISC Honors 25 Community Developers Nationwide for Their Contributions to Neighborhood Revitalization LISC, 9/28/05

Agents of change - Reinvent the Chicago Lawn neighborhood? Si, se puede! Yes, we can! Chicago Tribune, 9/22/05

New law targets sub-prime loans Daily Southtown, 7/29/05

Madigan bill aims to curb foreclosures Daily Southtown, 7/22/05

A cliff-hanger: Predatory lending bill passes New Communities, July 2005

New chapter being written in Chicago Lawn New Communities, July 2005

Once there were no loans, now there are too many Daily Southtown, 6/22/05

State sticks nose in loans: Agency would have right to review, halt mortgages in Cook Crain's Chicago Business, 6/20/05

Offer Local Housing Ideas: Neighborhood Fair To Be Held at Morrill School on June 4 Southwest News-Herald, 5/26/05

Assisted living for the less well-off Chicago Tribune, 10/17/04

Supporting Senior Living Southwest News-Herald, 10/08/2004

City returns favors to seniors Daily Southtown, 10/03/2004

Metropolitan Family Services Will Open New Child Care Center On City's Southwest Side Metropolitan Family Services, 8/24/04

Community Organizing + Community Development = Community Transformation Journal of Urban Affairs, June 2004

Home Loan Service to Cut Predatory Lending Southwest News-Herald, 4/22/04

New Supportive Living for Seniors at Churchview Southwest News-Herald, 4/8/04

Housing Holds Key to Chicago Lawn's Future Chicago Tribune, 11/16/03

Greater Southwest Gets Funding for Future Jobs Southwest News-Herald, 7/25/03

Offering Support for Area Seniors on Southwest Side Southwest News-Herald, 4/24/03

Latest Innovations for Achieving Affordable Housing: Case Studies from Chicago Campaign for Sensible Growth, 3/5/03

Dealin' in the Hood: Southwest Side Dump Development turns out to be vintage Jim Capraro Chicago Tribune, 6/26/00

Race: How Blacks & Whites Think and Feel About the American Obsession, by Studs Terkel, 1992. This book, first published in 1992 and still relevant today, is an interesting study of race relations in the U.S. GSDC's Executive Director, Jim Capraro, was interviewed for the chapter titled "The Park."