Search by address to track stages of the four regions created under Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s reopening plan to phase out stay-at-home orders as the pandemic unfolds.
Immigration
Trump’s COVID-19 visa bans may alter the face of American immigration beyond the pandemic
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The president’s executive orders barring several types of visas and green cards will most affect immigrant hopefuls from Asian, African and Latino countries.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
Work-share program can save Illinois jobs at no cost to the state
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The Pritzker administration can increase incomes and shore up struggling employers by finally implementing a program that allows workers to stay on the job at reduced hours on partial unemployment insurance.
Perspectives
Public banking can help bridge the racial wealth gap in the post-pandemic recovery
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By using public money to create local funds, public banks can reverse decades of racist disinvestment to repair Black and Brown communities hardest hit by the COVID-19 recession.
Perspectives
America’s Black female mayors face dual crises of COVID-19 and protests – but these women are used to uphill battles
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Four decades after Ellen Craig-Jones of Urbancrest, Ohio, became the US’s first Black woman mayor, seven of the nation’s largest cities are lead by Black women. And what a time to be in charge.
Coronavirus
¿Qué está abierto en tu región? Resumen del plan de reapertura del estado de Illinois
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Busca por dirección y rastrea las etapas de las cuatro regiones creadas bajo el plan de reapertura del Gob. J.B. Pritzker para eliminar gradualmente las órdenes de quedarse en casa, esto a medida que transcurre la pandemia.
Coronavirus
Forgotten: Stateville inmates warn of rising COVID-19 outbreak behind bars
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In letters and interviews, men inside the facility describe conditions they say are continuing to drive infections at the Illinois prison hardest hit by coronavirus.
Coronavirus
ROUNDUP: Policing and pandemic politics take center stage in Chicago
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The racial reckoning ignited by the police killing of George Floyd played out on city streets and at City Hall as Illinois gradually reopens from COVID-19 restrictions.
Perspectives
Asian Americans invisible in COVID-19 data and in public health response
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In Illinois and beyond, specific action is needed to better understand how the pandemic is impacting Asian American communities especially at risk of infection.
Coronavirus
ROUNDUP: An extraordinary week of uprising, racial discord and resilience as Chicago and Illinois begin to reopen
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Massive protests over the police killing of George Floyd engulfed the city, state and nation as local communities and businesses face a tougher road to recovery amid widespread looting and vandalism.
Coronavirus
Senior Citizens in Subsidized Housing Have Been Dying Alone at Home, Unnoticed Because of Coronavirus Distancing
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The patchwork system of well-being checks in some of Chicago’s public and subsidized housing was not enough to prevent deaths in heartbreaking circumstances.