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Environment Health

Pilsen Residents Call on Chicago Mayor to Deny Scrap Metal Recycling Plant Permit

Sims Metal Management and the EPA say that the recycler is not producing dangerous pollution. But residents say their health is on the line.

Aydali CampaOctober 30, 2024

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Immigration Policy

Where Harris and Trump Stand on the Border and Other Immigration Policies

While Vice President Kamala Harris has shifted her stance on the border to align more closely with Donald Trump, the candidates diverge on DACA, temporary protected status, and deportation.

Katrina PhamOctober 29, 2024

Photo illustration by Max Herman/Borderless Magazine. Source photos by: Guille Briceno/imageSPACE/MediaPunch/Alamy, Bonnie Cash/Pool via CNP/MediaPunch/Alamy, and Todd Bannor/Alamy Stock Photo

Environment

What a Trump Vs. Harris Win Could Mean for Environmental Justice in Chicago?

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris differ on many policy points, but environmental justice and climate change are among the most stark.

Aydali CampaOctober 28, 2024

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Immigration Policy

‘The Home I Worked to Make: Voices from the New Syrian Diaspora’

In an excerpt from her new book, Northwestern University Professor Wendy Pearlman draws from interviews of Syrians who were forced to flee their homeland.

Wendy PearlmanOctober 22, 2024

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Health Immigration Policy

Chicago Will End Troubled Staffing Contract, Merge Homeless, Migrant Systems By 2025

The new system will offer 6,800 beds despite a projected need for 11,000 spaces for all Chicagoans experiencing homelessness.

Katrina Pham and Fatema HosseiniOctober 21, 2024

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Immigration Policy

What to Know About Chicago’s Aim to Merge Migrant, Homeless Shelter Systems

City and state officials rolled out recommendations for the 'One System Initiative,' which would include an intake zone accessible every day of the year for anyone experiencing homelessness.

Katrina PhamOctober 17, 2024

Arts & Culture As Told To

Palestinian American Poet Teaches Cross-stitching to Unite Her Community: ‘Tatreez Is My Culture’

Bayan Fares learned Palestinian cross-stitching when she was 10. Now, she teaches others the traditional form of Palestinian embroidery to preserve this art form amid an ongoing war in her homeland.

Tara MobasherOctober 15, 2024