After Texas Governor Greg Abbott said he’d send 25,000 migrants to Chicago before the DNC, City leaders take stock of how Chicago has handled surges in the past.
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Un programa ayuda a los niños migrantes a adaptarse a sus nuevas escuelas
El Rincón de Aprendizaje busca remediar las insuficiencias de servicios de CPS para los niños migrantes que recientemente llegaron a Chicago.
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En Pilsen, la gentrificación enriquece a algunos, desplaza a otros
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
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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 […]
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Op-Ed: Chicago’s Transportation System Reinforces Insularity and Inequity
An essay on getting around in Chicago, in conversation with South Side poetic luminaries.