lthough the long-term impacts of the COVID-19 shutdown on Chicagoans are still unfolding, one thing has been clear to many from the start: the government wasn’t going to save them. In 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act distributed stimulus checks of $1,200, on average, to Americans to last from April to […]
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As Illinois Bans Immigration Detention in the State, What Will Happen to People Currently Detained?
ov. J.B. Pritzker signed the Illinois Way Forward Act on August 2, dramatically restricting the way local law enforcement will be able to cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Illinois. “The Illinois Way Forward Act strengthens the TRUST Act by taking immigration status off the table in all state procedures where it […]
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Carjackings
Half of Chicago fully vaccinated As of July 20 fifty percent of Chicagoans are vaccinated, according to South Side Weekly‘s tracker on Twitter @ChiVaxBot. While we’re hopeful that Illinois and the rest of the country are overcoming the COVID-19 pandemic as more people are gradually getting the shots, the coronavirus variant known as Delta is […]
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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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Englewood: Critical Care
This is post 1 of 3 in the series “The Ripple Effects of COVID” The disparate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on North and South Side neighborhoods has been well documented over the past year. At the Weekly, our COVID-19 tracker has been updated hourly with data from the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office, to […]
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City reopens
City reopens Fifteen months after the COVID-19 pandemic shut down schools, businesses, and government offices, the City—after several false starts—is finally, officially, and fully reopening on June 11. On Monday, the city’s coronavirus positivity rate fell below two percent for the first time since the pandemic began; hospitalizations have similarly dropped off. But unvaccinated people […]
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Anti-Asian Violence Stirs Conversation on Policing and Abolition in Chicago’s AAPI Communities
Editor’s note: This story uses Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) to refer to the community being reported, recognizing that the community includes a diverse range of ethnicities and identities. Sources may refer to particular or collective groups as “people of Asian descent” or “Asian Americans,” in which cases we maintain the original language from […]
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Public Meetings Report – April 29, 2021
This is post 4 of 70 in the series “Public Meetings Report” A recap of select open meetings at the local, county, and state level. Produced in partnership with City Bureau’s Documenters. Public Meetings Report – March 18, 2021 Public Meetings Report – April 1, 2021 Public Meetings Report – April 15, 2021 Public Meetings […]
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Vaccinating Chicago’s Asian Communities
t Wentworth Avenue near the Chinatown gate, a line wraps around the block waiting to enter the Pui Tak Center’s April 12 vaccination event. At the front door, staff welcome visitors in Cantonese and Mandarin and help them check in for their appointments as the line snakes up the stairs of the historic former On […]
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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 […]