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Welcome to the Migration Issue

by Alma Campos, Wendy Wei and The Editors November 16, 2023November 16, 2023

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

by Jasmine Barnes October 20, 2023December 6, 2023

An essay on getting around in Chicago, in conversation with South Side poetic luminaries.

Posted inEnvironment

‘This is How You Do It Right’

by Alma Campos September 14, 2023September 22, 2023

Environmental activists on the last couple of years, the progression of their organizing, and what they want to see next.

Posted inEn español

Lo que debe saber sobre los recortes a los programas de seguro médico para indocumentados

by Jade-Ruyu Yan July 18, 2023July 18, 2023

Las personas indocumentadas verán limitado su acceso a dos programas de seguro médico financiados por el estado y enfrentan costos si ya están inscritos.

May 4, Pilsen TIF District Amendment public meeting, Benito Juárez Community Academy. Photo by Savannah Hugueley
Posted inCommunity Organizing

La larga lucha de Pilsen contra el TIF en medio de la gentrificación

by Savannah Hugueley June 16, 2023July 18, 2023

Con los impuestos sobre la propiedad a niveles sin precedentes, los residentes de Pilsen se oponen a la ampliación del TIF en su vecindario por temor a que desplace a más.

Posted inEn español

La comunidad llora la muerte de Luis Alberto Aguilar Peres, residente de albergue para migrantes

by Hannah Faris June 15, 2023June 15, 2023

Cuando su hermana lo invitó a irse a vivir con ella, Peres se negó porque “ya amaba la ciudad de Chicago”, ella dijo durante el servicio en el lado sur de Chicago.

Posted inEn español

Una sobreviviente de abuso sexual y doméstico podría ser deportada

by Alma Campos June 2, 2023July 18, 2023

Una mujer del sur de Chicago sufrió abuso sexual, violencia doméstica y cárcel. Ahora podría ser deportada a pesar de tener una solicitud de visa U pendiente.

Posted inImmigration

Survivor of Sexual and Domestic Abuse in Chicago Faces Deportation

by Alma Campos May 29, 2023July 18, 2023

Leer en español Southeast Side resident and abuse survivor is facing deportation despite being eligible for a U visa. Attorneys from the National Immigration Justice Center in Chicago (NIJC) say Ana Navarro, thirty-one, qualifies for a U visa because she is a survivor of child sexual abuse and gender-based violence and has cooperated with law […]

The old South Shore High School, 7627 S. Constance Ave. Photo from Google Maps.
Posted inImmigration

La Ciudad de Chicago brinda apoyo a los solicitantes de asilo

by Ryland Pietras May 18, 2023May 18, 2023

No hay suficiente dinero federal, estatal ni municipal para enfrentar adecuadamente la creciente crisis humanitaria

Posted inHyde Park

Reseña: ‘Una vez fui tú: Mi vida entre el amor y el odio en los Estados Unidos’

by Sarah Luyengi May 12, 2023August 2, 2023

María Hinojosa escribe sobre su experiencia como inmigrante en el sur de Chicago, explora las complejidades de su identidad y examina los problemas de la política de inmigración estadounidense.

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