Listen to the one-hour special of stories from this year's Ear to the Ground mentorship program.

Ear to the Ground's Jermont Montgomery checks in with youth in the Englewood community to learn what the U.S. Military has been telling young men and women from his community to get them to sign up.

Ear to the Ground's Kisuule Magala Katende looks at the African immigrant community in Chicago.

Ear to the Ground's Susan T. Layug shares the story of Filipino women who work as caregivers in the U.S.

Ear to the Ground’s Mercedes Fernandez shares her story as a survivor of emotional abuse—and her journey from emotional despair to stability, and self confidence.

Asian teens are at increased risk for depression, drug abuse and suicide.

Ear to the Ground's Michael Reyes explores the Mexican and Puerto Rican communities in Chicago.

In the documentary Divided Lives: The Hidden Cost of Migration we bring you one family's story of immigration and separation.

Writer and former Chicagoan Daniel Ferri contemplates his status as an immigrant.

Legal immigrants face delays and difficulties in the immigration process.

Chicago Matters: Ear to the Ground

Mortgages to illegal immigrants were once a burgeoning market. We examine why it's faltered.

Eight Forty-Eight and Chicago Matters: Beyond Boders host a live community conversation from Elgin.

In suburban Addison, a local high school is leading the way on acculturation of Latino residents. 

Elderly Russian-speaking immigrants start all over again-in what should be their retirement years. 

As their numbers increase, immigrants in one Chicago suburb are organizing for their own political voice. That’s got some long-time residents worried.

Chicago Matters: Beyond Borders presents Music on the Move: Fandango in Chicago’s Pilsen Neighborhood

Chicago Matters: Beyond Borders kicks off a week of programming with a special focus on Mexico.

In our latest installment of Chicago Matters: Beyond Borders, we hear the personal story of Rose Anne, whose views on illegal immigration were shaped by a violent event in her past.

Chicago Public Radio's Jason DeRose brings us the latest in our series of reports following a family of Liberian Refugees.

What would happen if there weren’t enough farm workers to work Illinois farms? That prospect has a lot of Illinois farmers worried these days.

Chicago Public Radio’s Michael Puente looks at what it would take for Illinois farmers to have the hands they need.

Highly educated scholars, students and workers have had a hard time getting and staying here. For Chicago Public Radio, Monique Parsons reports.

Gianofer Fields finds out why construction workers are shaking in their boots over the influx of immigrants onto their jobsites. Is safety really an issue? What about scarcity of jobs? Or is it just a matter of money? She gets some answers in this report.

Some Chicago labor unions are attempting to expand their ranks to include immigrants. Organizing these new arrivals, it turns out, may take some old tactics.

More than 24,000 Liberians who've fled that country's lengthy civil war currently live in the United States, with approximately 600 in the Chicago area.

In late February, one large Liberian family arrived at O'Hare International Airport from a refugee camp in Sierra Leone. Chicago Public Radio's Jason DeRose introduces us to the Fahnbulleh family.

Chicago Public Radio's Lynette Kalsnes gives us the story of a one-time refugee's journey from war-torn Somalia to Chicago.

We launch the 2007 Chicago Matters series Beyond Borders in this special remote broadcast from Truman College in Uptown.