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More than a hundred people marched on 26th Street to against police brutality of Black lives. MAURICIO PEÑA/ BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO

Organizing

Black And Brown Food Pantry, Solidarity March Show Young Activists Are United For Justice: ‘We Are Family’

It's time for Chicago's Black and Latino communities to organize together, Southwest Side activists say. “We face the same struggles …with unemployment, affordable housing, incarceration."

Mauricio PeñaJune 4, 2020

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Environment and Health Labor and Economics Visuals

Dispatches from COVID-19: A 72-year-old Filipina essential worker tries to stay healthy while taking care of her patients

“I am always wearing a mask at work. I only remove it when I’m sleeping.”

Lilia Antazo and Pat NabongJune 4, 2020

Lilia Antazo para sa Borderless Magazine

Environment and Health Labor and Economics

Mga kuwento tungkol sa COVID-19: Sinusubukan ng 72 taong gulang mahalagang manggagawa manatiling malusog habang nag-aalaga ng iba

“Parati akong naka-maskara sa trabaho. Tinatanggal ko lang ito kapag natutulog ako.”

Lilia Antazo and Pat NabongJune 4, 2020

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Arts & Culture

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

Fernando Moreno for Borderless Magazine

Immigration Policy

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 Environment and 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

Investigation

‘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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Environment and Health Investigation Labor and Economics

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

Environment and Health

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

Environment and Health Investigation

Locked Up With COVID-19

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

Nissa RheeApril 15, 2020