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 […]
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Owner of South Side Hospital Slated to Close is Denied Proposal to Open Another Facility
n Tuesday, January 26, a state board voted 3-2 to deny Mercy Hospital’s owner, Trinity Health, permission to open a new outpatient care center on the South Side. That decision, from the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board, came a month after the board rejected Trinity’s proposal to cut outpatient services at the Bronzeville […]
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Alzando la voz en contra de General Iron
Originally published on October 27, 2020, in English n un domingo por la tarde, bajo un cielo gris y un clima frío, los residentes de lado este de la ciudad, o el East Side, y el grupo Bridges//Puentes se reunieron en el East Side Memorial en la intersección de la avenida Indianapolis en calle 100th […]
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Rise Against General Iron
n Sunday afternoon, under gray skies and cold weather, East Side residents, and the group Bridges//Puentes: Justice Collective of the Southeast met at the East Side Memorial at the intersection of Indianapolis Ave. on 100th Street and Ewing Avenue. Organizers and participants painted each other’s faces with zombie makeup to symbolize the diseases and death […]