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Nonprofit motorcycle club raises money to help Assyrian elderly community

The Assyrian Knights have delivered care packages to 187 Assyrian families in the Chicago area since the COVID-19 pandemic began.

Ata YounanMay 28, 2020

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Despachos de COVID-19: La Comunidad Mexicana de Wicker Park Mantiene Esperanza A Pesar De Que Su Demografía Ha Sido Duramente Afectada Por La Pandemia

El coronavirus ha devastado comunidades mexicoamericanas en Illinois. Pero en el barrio de Wicker Park de Chicago, una familia trabaja y espera un mejor mañana.

Fernando MorenoMay 20, 2020

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Arts & Culture Health

Dispatches from COVID-19: Finding Hope in Wicker Park’s Mexican Community

Coronavirus has devastated Latino communities in Illinois. But in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood, one family is working and hoping for a better tomorrow.

Fernando MorenoMay 20, 2020

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‘Hard-to-Count’ Assyrian community prepares for the census amid COVID-19

Local Assyrian leaders are encouraging community members to participate and write in ‘Assyrian’ as their race in this year’s census after massive undercounting in previous national surveys.

Ata YounanMay 6, 2020

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Dispatches from a COVID-19 hotspot: A neighborhood transformed

Chicago’s thriving, multicultural neighborhood West Ridge has been my beloved home ever since I left Lebanon four years ago. It is now a COVID-19 hotspot.

Diane Bou KhalilApril 29, 2020

Health Immigration Policy

New ban and challenges for immigrants during COVID-19

Immigration advocate Fred Tsao reacts to Trump's new immigration ban and shares his hopes for a better future.

Nissa RheeApril 22, 2020

Health Immigration Policy Investigation

Locked Up With COVID-19

How the coronavirus pandemic is straining immigration court and detention systems in the Midwest.

Nissa RheeApril 15, 2020

At The International Children's Crisis Response Center 19 Children tested positive for COVID-19

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Health Immigration Policy Investigation

At Least 19 Children at a Chicago Shelter for Immigrant Detainees Have Tested Positive for COVID-19

A coronavirus outbreak at a Heartland Alliance facility on Chicago’s South Side may be the largest outbreak of the virus in any shelter for immigrant youth in the country.

Melissa SanchezApril 15, 2020

Arts & Culture Health Immigration Policy

Why 16.7 million people were left out of the COVID-19 stimulus plan

Author Daniel Denvir on the “bipartisan war on immigrants” and how it’s falling apart.

Nissa RheeApril 8, 2020

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Local Palestinian-American entrepreneurs spread peace and awareness through fashion line

Wear the Peace combines heritage, activism, and giving back to support those in need in the Middle East and beyond.

Diane Bou KhalilApril 1, 2020

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