Meal distribution for Chicago Public Schools students resumed Tuesday after Chicago Public Schools suspended its grab-and-go meal sites and other school administrative office activities Monday, June 1.
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On Saturday, April 25, Austin Coming Together (ACT), along with West Side United and the City of Chicago, held the Austin COVID-19 Virtual Town Hall.
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COVID-19 continues to have a devastating effect on one of Chicago’s most vulnerable congregate populations: jail and prison detainees. At least 153 inmates and 147 staffers in Illinois state prisons are currently diagnosed with the novel coronavirus, according to the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) website.
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More than 6.6 million people applied for unemployment aid last week as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to rock the U.S. economy. With the recent extension of federal social distancing guidelines and the Illinois stay-at-home order to April 30, many residents inside and outside of Illinois are worried about making ends meet. Two groups at the center of this rising tension are landlords and renters.
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CHICAGO - During the summer of 1995, a heat wave caused 739 predominantly black, elderly and poor Chicagoans to die heat-related deaths during a five-day period, overwhelming communities, families and city staff tasked with dealing with the deadly crisis.
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Soon, the Woodlawn neighborhood will be home to a new green space that once work on it is finished, will reflect an effort to heal from decades of racism and pain as well as honor an important figure in black Chicago history - Mamie Till-Mobley, the mother of Emmett Till.
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If you’re on the West Side of the city anytime during this year’s holiday season, the Garfield Park Conservatory may be a good place to go to see the visual motifs of the holiday season expressed in a new and interesting way.
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CHICAGO - One of the most notable figures in climate and environmental activism through most of 2019 has been Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old climate activist from Sweden whose weekly school climate strikes in front of Swedish Parliament quickly put an international focus on young people in climate activism.
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Back in September, Chicagoans across the city opened their yards to visitors for the 2019 Windy City Coop and Eco-yard Tour. Residents from 17 of Chicago’s 50 wards showcased their chicken coops, livestock, backyard gardens and highlighted the importance of urban agriculture in the two-day event.
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Black Chicagoans talk Halloween nostalgia and safe places to trick-or-treat
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On Tuesday, 2020 U.S. presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) visited Chicago’s West Side to stand in solidarity with teachers on the fourth school day of their strike.
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