La abundancia de Airbnbs y las rentas altas han dificultado que los residentes más duraderos permanezcan en Pilsen y Heart of Chicago.
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Are Airbnbs Fueling Gentrification in Pilsen?
The proliferation of short-term rentals and skyrocketing rents has made it difficult for lifelong residents to stay on the Lower West Side.
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Cierran cinco refugios para migrantes en los parques y aprueban ordenanza para rastrear desalojos
El Concejo Municipal votó la semana pasada para realizar un rastreo de los desalojos de migrantes y aprobar $70 millones para abordar la crisis humanitaria.
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Corredores que fuman cannabis
El primer y único grupo de corredores de Chicago centrado en el cannabis, Runners High enfatiza la convivencia, el bienestar mental y el voluntariado.
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Immigration Activists Reflect on 2006 Marches and the Need for Solidarity
Around two million people across the country protested an anti-immigration bill that year
Posted inImmigration
Q&A: Expert Voices on Migration and the Humanitarian Crisis
The Weekly spoke with Caroline Tracey and Todd Miller on the reasons for migration, what happens at the border, and what to expect going forward.
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Welcome to the Migration Issue
Welcome to the Migration Issue The politicization of the term “migration” has obscured just how common, and how human it is to move. Yes, a person who walked from Venezuela to the US-Mexico border is, perhaps most obviously, a migrant. But so are the half a million foreign-born Chicagoans who left their birth country, pulled […]
Posted inTransportation
Op-Ed: Chicago’s Transportation System Reinforces Insularity and Inequity
An essay on getting around in Chicago, in conversation with South Side poetic luminaries.
Posted inEnvironment
‘This is How You Do It Right’
Environmental activists on the last couple of years, the progression of their organizing, and what they want to see next.
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Lo que debe saber sobre los recortes a los programas de seguro médico para indocumentados
Las personas indocumentadas verán limitado su acceso a dos programas de seguro médico financiados por el estado y enfrentan costos si ya están inscritos.