Michelle Kanaar/Borderless Magazine EducationHealthTrending Illinois Students Struggle to Find Halal FoodDespite a growing Muslim population in the Chicago area, few public schools offer students halal food options.Tasmiha KhanNovember 16, 2022
Photo by Leslie Hurtado/ Borderless Magazine EducationHealthInvestigation How The Chicago School Fight Impacts First-Gen High School StudentsCaught in the crossfire between Chicago’s school district and the teachers union, students ask who is protecting their health.Leslie HurtadoJanuary 11, 2022
Jaida Grey Eagle / Sahan Journal EducationInvestigationTrending Midwestern community colleges work to lure, and keep, students struggling with poverty and other barriersFrom free tuition to food pantries, two-year colleges try to counteract plunging enrollments with new programs to make college more affordable and accessibleBecky Z. Dernbach, Mario Koran, Olivia Lewis and Ata YounanDecember 21, 2021
Photo by Michelle Kanaar/Borderless Magazine EducationInvestigationTrending Immigrant Community College Students Struggle to Find Support During COVIDCity Colleges of Chicago immigrant students balance extra work hours, technology issues and limited English proficiency with remote learning.Ata YounanDecember 16, 2021
Photo by Irina Zadov Arts & CultureEducationEnvironment Art and Environment Meet in New CurriculumThe Chicago artists and educators behind the “small is all" program talk about what grounds them in the city.Nissa RheeDecember 1, 2021
Photo courtesy of Dr. Siham Ibrahim Arts & CultureAs Told ToEducation Lebanese Cultural Center Builds Community in Illinois and BeyondAmid multiple crises in her native Lebanon, Siham Ibrahim is preserving Lebanese heritage in Chicago and helping people back home.Diane Bou KhalilOctober 7, 2021
Photo by Adriana Rezal/Borderless Magazine EducationHealthInvestigationOrganizing As Chicago Schools Reopen, Hispanic Families Seek SupportRemote learning exposed cracks in the CPS system, hurting some students more than others. Are schools prepared for their return?Adriana RezalAugust 31, 2021
EducationImmigration PolicyResources LGBTQ detainees can get free books with Chicago program Books for Migrants provides LGBTQ migrants in detention a book of their choice every month. Ata YounanMarch 17, 2021
Davon Clark for Borderless Magazine/CatchLight Local Chicago As Told ToEducation Finding a new start in the US through educationAfter fleeing domestic violence in Ghana, Vida Opoku found life and light when she immigrated to Chicago.Diane Bou KhalilJanuary 26, 2021
Education As COVID-19 Devastates Their Community, Can 17 Second Graders And Their Teacher Make Up What The Pandemic Took Away?At Saucedo Elementary in Little Village, Olga Contreras is fighting back against palpable learning loss — one day and one student at a time.Sarah KarpDecember 23, 2020
Michelle Kanaar/Borderless Magazine EducationHealth Teachers Double as Tech Help for Hispanic Families Nearly half of Chicago school district students are Hispanic, yet families say help for Spanish-speaking families has not gone far enough.Amaris E. RodriguezDecember 17, 2020
Arts & CultureEducationImmigration Policy Finding a home in the Rohingya Culture CenterNasir Bin Zakaria was just 14 years old when he was abducted by the Myanmar military. It was the last time he saw his parents.Sarah ConwayFebruary 28, 2017