Coronavirus
ROUNDUP: As Illinois reopens, pandemic response leaves hardest hit behind
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Here’s what we’re reading as Illinois and Chicago prepare to advance into the next phase of reopening businesses and public spaces.
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.
Perspectives
The long, bipartisan history of dealing with immigrants harshly
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Trump has expanded and escalated the most punitive policies he inherited from his predecessors.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
To protect undocumented tenants from ICE, local changes needed
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Mandatory apartment inspections, as proposed in a new ordinance, could help address gaps in Illinois’ Immigrant Tenant Protection Act.
Education
In wake of Chicago charter strikes, a movement to advance ‘sanctuary schools’
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New contracts at Acero and the Chicago International Charter School network enshrine protections for undocumented students and take steps toward stronger bilingual services and increasing teacher diversity.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
Where does criminal justice reform stand one year after Kim Foxx elected?
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The Cook County state’s attorney has taken steps towards some of her campaign pledges but lags in other key areas.
Perspectives
Fear and insecurity shape the lives of children whose parents are undocumented
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A new report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation details the high toll of “crimmigration,” the intersection of criminal and immigration law.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
Gang database compromises Chicago’s sanctuary city protections
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With the police department’s discriminatory database allegedly sparking deportations, immigrant and African-American groups are teaming up to challenge it.
Perspectives
Evaporating dreams: Ending DACA puts whole communities at stake
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Creating policies that help Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients thrive would benefit us all, not just the undocumented.
Perspectives
Don’t use the good vs. bad immigrant narrative to save DACA
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Fighting only for the ‘deserving’ immigrants enrolled in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program is divisive and dehumanizing.