t around 7:30am each weekday morning, John Siangho helps his son—a second-grade CPS student at the Regional Gifted Center through Carnegie Elementary in Woodlawn—get ready for another day of remote learning. The two of them wash up, chat during breakfast, and at 8:30am, fifteen minutes before class officially begins, Siangho’s son goes to his desk, […]
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Best of North Lawndale 2020
Best Multitasking Landmark Best Long-Running Arts Retreat and Community Group Best Neighborhood Cultivators of Green Space Best Student Park Anti-Racism Advocacy Best Retirement Best Art-Based Rebranding Initiative Best Pandemic Isolation Buster Best Urban Farm and Tasty Lunch any residents of the North Lawndale community area don’t call it that. To them, it’s simply Lawndale, the […]
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Bicycling for Environmental Justice
n the morning of October 17—an overcast Saturday with an autumn chill already in the air—more than a hundred cyclists gathered on the corner of Albany and Ogden avenues in Douglass Park. Some clutched cups of champurrado for warmth, balancing their bikes against their hips and lifting their masks only to sip their drinks. Others […]
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COVID-19: An Illustrated FAQ
Masks: why they work When you breathe, talk, sing, cough, or sneeze, you release respiratory droplets into the space around you. If you’re infected with COVID-19, even if you don’t have symptoms, you will be releasing droplets with COVID-19. Covering your mouth and nose with a mask reduces the spread of respiratory droplets, which can […]
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A City of Extremes: How the 1995 heat wave and COVID-19 reveal what’s changed (and what hasn’t) in Chicago’s health equity landscape
n Wednesday, July 12, 1995, Chicago sweltered. A heat wave rolled in and clung to the city for five days. Roads cracked open and bridges were hosed down to prevent them from locking in place under the sun. And even though infrastructure faltered, the city waited four days to declare a heat emergency, delaying the […]