Jennifer Pagán explores how healing work has transformed her organizing and protest.
Monica Trinidad creates safer communities with her movement posters.
The TRiiBE: Many Black and brown Chicagoans find themselves in a conundrum: sacrifice communal ties by moving miles away to neighborhoods with abundant resources, or sacrifice safety and living wage jobs to stay close to home.
Casi un año después de la pandemia, los inquilinos continúan con dificultades; hay medidas que residentes y legisladores pueden tomar para minimizar el impacto.
Expertos dicen que se avecina una avalancha de desalojos. Pero ya miles de inquilinos de Chicago están al borde del precipicio de la vivienda.
Los residentes indocumentados que no pueden acceder a los estímulos federales y viven a duras penas, confían en los grupos comunitarios, pero ambos se están quedando sin opciones.
Solicita ayuda financiera, refugio de emergencia y apoyo a inquilinos durante este año.
Barred from federal stimulus and living paycheck to paycheck, undocumented tenants rely on community groups—but both are running out of options.
Experts say an eviction avalanche is coming. But thousands of Chicago renters have already been pushed to the brink of the housing cliff.
Find financial aid, emergency shelter, legal help and tenant support in 2021.
Renters are still struggling almost a year after the pandemic began, but there are actions residents and lawmakers can take to minimize the pain.
Una guía de sus derechos como arrendatario de Chicago durante una pandemia.
A guide to your rights as a Chicago renter during a pandemic.
[South Side Weekly] Though the Southwest Side changed from majority-white to majority-Latinx in the last few decades, resources and political representation haven’t followed. These residents are looking to change that.
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Explore data on how every precinct in Illinois voted on the U.S. President, U.S. Senate and the Illinois tax amendment.
Analysts offer insight into the failure of the so-called “fair tax” amendment.
[Chicago Reader] From voter outreach to working for their communities, undocumented immigrants across the Chicago area don’t let their immigration status get in the way of participating politically.
[South Side Weekly] As COVID-19 heightens awareness of historic disparities, many call for the city to do more for creative initiatives on the South and West Sides
Amid a pandemic and spike in anti-Asian attacks, being an election judge in 2020 was about supporting democracy and taking a stance against racism.
After a historic budget season, 21 City Council members voted against the mayor’s proposed budget. We spoke with organizers and alderpersons about their plans moving forward.