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Chicago’s new immigrant destination: Gage Park
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The Southwest Side neighborhood has seen an influx of newcomers from Latin American countries.
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The Southwest Side neighborhood has seen an influx of newcomers from Latin American countries.
Even during the winter, home for some Chicagoans is a viaduct or a park bench.
Chicago was enveloped in a wave of protests after the release of the Laquan McDonald shooting video on Nov. 24, 2015. Photographers for The Chicago Reporter documented the scandal’s fallout in this audio slideshow.
The city’s unemployed can be seen throughout Chicago’s downtown, but in many ways, they are invisible.
From picking cotton at age 6 to learning how to write his name at 25, Henry Jenkins’ journey from Mississippi to Chicago has been one of hardship and hope.
Latino residents in the Northwest Side neighborhood are remaking the formerly majority-Polish community in their own image.