Where to Cash Your Check?

Published: Dec. 12, 2018, 4:58 p.m.

Driving around Black neighborhoods in Chicago, you see a lot of currency exchanges. While reporting on wealth in Black communities this summer, Tonia Hill wanted to know what their impact is on working class communities of color and why it seems as though there are more of these types of financial services in South Side communities than banks. This piece was reported by Tonia Hill and produced by Erisa Apantaku and Tonia Hill in partnership with City Bureau, a civic journalism lab. The bumper at the beginning features SSW reporter Erisa Apantaku and was produced by Jed Lickerman. For more news, visit www.southsideweekly.com.