Chicago Reporter (https://www.chicagoreporter.com/category/coronavirus/page/2/)
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.
Busca por dirección y rastrea las etapas de las regiones y niveles creados bajo el plan de reapertura del Gob. J.B. Pritzker para eliminar las órdenes de quedarse en casa, esto a medida que transcurre la pandemia.
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.
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.
In Illinois and beyond, specific action is needed to better understand how the pandemic is impacting Asian American communities especially at risk of infection.
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.
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.
Here’s what we’re reading as Illinois and Chicago prepare to advance into the next phase of reopening businesses and public spaces.
Low-income and minority groups are often reliant on cheaper modes of transport, but many find cycling to work problematic.
Neighborhood characteristics like pollution from busy roads, widespread public transit use and lack of community-based health care are putting certain communities at greater risk from COVID-19.