Best Startup Best Local Activist Best Community Pushback he rest of Chicago seems light years away whenever I’m in Hegewisch, visiting my brother or crossing the state border while passing through to visit family in Hammond, Indiana. Living on the Southwest Side for ten years, I’ve grown accustomed to walking a few minutes to a […]
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Best of McKinley Park 2021
Best Local Activism Best Place to Cool off in the Summer Best Play Area cKinley Park is a predominantly Latinx working-class neighborhood on Chicago’s Southwest Side, located between Pilsen, Bridgeport, Back of the Yards, and Brighton Park. The neighborhood is only a fifteen-minute drive away from the Loop and walking distance to the Mexican corner […]
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Best of East Side & South Chicago 2021
Best Immigrant and Workers’ Rights Organization Best Local Condiment Best Summer Arts Fest ew Chicagoans seem to know the East Side exists. In fact, it’s so common for new friends to confess unfamiliarity with the neighborhood that East Siders have turned it into an inside joke. The conversation presents three common questions: “Is that still […]
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‘No podemos esperar’
Originally published on July 20, 2021 in English “Estoy cansada”, dijo Elizabeth Cervantes desde el podio en una demostración de inmigración frente al Thompson Center en el centro de Chicago el 8 de julio. “Estoy cansada de esperar a tener los mismos derechos básicos que todos los demás. ¿Cuánto más debemos esperar?” El viernes, 16 […]
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As Judge Blocks New DACA Applications, Chicago Advocates Push to Pass Overdue Immigration Reform
“I am tired,“ said Elizabeth Cervantes from the podium at an immigration rally outside the Thompson Center in downtown Chicago on July 8. “I’m tired of waiting for the right moment to have the same basic rights as everyone else. How much longer must we wait?” A pathway to citizenship would prevent the Deferred Action […]
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La desigualdad en la vacunación aumenta en los suburbios del sur de Chicago
This is post 5 of 6 in the series “Life After COVID?” This bilingual collaboration includes the Institute for Nonprofit News, The Beacon/KCUR 89.3; Bridge Michigan/Side Effects Public Media; Cicero Independiente/South Side Weekly; Detour Detroit/Planet Detroit/Tostada Magazine; Evanston RoundTable/Growing Community Media; Madison365/Wausau Pilot & Review; and MinnPost/Sahan Journal. The project was made possible by a […]
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Vaccine Disparity Grows in Chicago’s South Suburbs
This is post 1 of 6 in the series “Life After COVID?” This bilingual collaboration includes the Institute for Nonprofit News, The Beacon/KCUR 89.3; Bridge Michigan/Side Effects Public Media; Cicero Independiente/South Side Weekly; Detour Detroit/Planet Detroit/Tostada Magazine; Evanston RoundTable/Growing Community Media; Madison365/Wausau Pilot & Review; and MinnPost/Sahan Journal. The project was made possible by a […]
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A Legacy of Palestinian Solidarity in Chicago
n May, thousands of protesters marched in downtown Chicago, joining cities around the world in decrying the latest Israeli attacks against Palestinians. The attacks began when Israeli security forces stormed Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque on May 7 and fired on worshippers with tear gas and rubber bullets in response to demonstrations against the eviction of Palestinian […]
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Vaccine Outreach in Chicago’s Latinx Communities
n late March, Jonathan López, an undocumented immigrant from Little Village, went to the United Center to get his first vaccine. He said he had spent almost every day of the month calling the operation’s call center to make an appointment. When he finally got through, he found out he was eligible as a resident […]
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Getting Vaccinated at the City Colleges
hen I arrived at Malcolm X College, the City Colleges of Chicago’s media relations director, Veronica Resa, let me in and a security guard instructed me to fill out the COVID questionnaire. I passed through the security turnstile and explained to different people that I wasn’t there to get the shot, but that I was […]