Esther Yoon-Ji Kang
Reporter at WBEZ-FM (Chicago, IL)
Reporter @WBEZ, Chicago’s @NPR station. I cover race, class, work/housing, + Asian American issues. Twitter noob. Email: ekang at wbez dot org
Articles
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1 week ago |
chicago.suntimes.com | Esther Yoon-Ji Kang
At Mad Mike’s Barber Shop in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood, Ismael Acuña Jaimez puts the finishing touches on a customer’s hair while a TV screen plays “Ford Vs. Ferrari” dubbed in Spanish. Acuña Jaimez has run this shop with his parents for about 12 years in this predominantly Latino and immigrant neighborhood. He said there was less foot traffic in front of the barbershop during the first couple of months of the year, but business has picked up recently.
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1 week ago |
wbez.org | Esther Yoon-Ji Kang
At Mad Mike’s Barber Shop in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood, Ismael Acuña Jaimez puts the finishing touches on a customer’s hair while a TV screen plays “Ford Vs. Ferrari” dubbed in Spanish. Acuña Jaimez has run this shop with his parents for about 12 years in this predominantly Latino and immigrant neighborhood. He said there was less foot traffic in front of the barbershop during the first couple of months of the year, but business has picked up recently.
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1 week ago |
wbez.org | Esther Yoon-Ji Kang
Ever since President Trump announced his Liberation Day tariffs, Chicago's small businesses have been trying to figure out what to do next. WBEZ’s Esther Yoon-Ji Kang has the story of two local business owners who are stocking up and trying to stay optimistic despite all the uncertainty.
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2 weeks ago |
wbez.org | Esther Yoon-Ji Kang
The museum tells a less familiar story about the history of public housing. “It was a decent, lovely place to live,” a former resident says.
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3 weeks ago |
wbez.org | Esther Yoon-Ji Kang
About 20 years ago, when many of Chicago’s public housing units were being torn down after years of neglect, some former residents rallied to preserve one building among the Jane Addams Homes, one of the first Chicago Housing Authority projects, built in the 1930s. That remaining building, at 919 S. Ada St., on Chicago’s Near West Side, is now the National Public Housing Museum, which opens Friday after years of fundraising and construction.
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