Coronavirus
ROUNDUP: Resistance in Chicago and Illinois as stay-at-home order extended
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As COVID-19 deaths spike and another month of shutdown kicks in, residents across the state are demanding more from officials.
Coronavirus
Flatten whose curve? COVID-19 response overlooks built-in racial inequities
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The focus on individual behaviors, lack of health services and inadequate data reveal a public health infrastructure designed to protect wealthier and whiter communities while leaving the most vulnerable behind.
Coronavirus
Inside Division 16, Cook County Jail’s COVID-19 positive detainees say they’re waiting to die
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In phone interviews with The Chicago Reporter, men inside the jail’s quarantine facility doubt their ability to recover while waiting for their day in court.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
Growing housing crisis must become a priority in coronavirus response
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As residents wait on rent and mortgage relief on the state and federal levels, Chicago officials are using costly hotel rooms instead of vacant public housing units to shelter the homeless.
Perspectives
The coronavirus pandemic is making the US housing crisis even worse
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Even as Americans are all told to remain at home, millions are now unemployed and must scramble to figure out how to pay for that home.
Perspectives
States are putting prisoners to work manufacturing coronavirus supplies
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Incarcerated Americans have been tasked with washing hospital laundry, manufacturing protective equipment, disinfecting cleaning supplies and digging mass graves.
Perspectives
7 things public schools do besides teach kids academic basics
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From health care to social work, America’s public schools bridge many gaps for children and their families.
Coronavirus
ROUNDUP: Power plays in COVID-19 fight as peak remains out-of-sight in Chicago and Illinois
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With the state stay-at-home order extended through May, officials spar over how best to manage relief and respond to the still escalating pandemic.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
Minority-owned businesses largely miss out on federal relief
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Locals hope that the next round of Paycheck Protection Program loans won’t prioritize large, publicly-traded corporations over the hardest hit small businesses.
Coronavirus
ROUNDUP: Little room to breathe as Chicago and Illinois fight to bend the COVID-19 curve
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The costs of containing the pandemic continue to escalate especially among vulnerable populations and communities of color across the city and state.