María Inés Zamudio
Former Reporter, Race, Class and Communities
Dozens of Latinos have died from COVID-19, according to the medical examiner’s office. But the numbers aren’t accurate, and that makes it harder to identify vulnerable populations.
April 15, 2020
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Chicago’s mayor is ordering health care providers to give the city detailed demographic data on each COVID-19 patient they treat.
April 6, 2020
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Black residents make up only 23% of the population in Cook County, yet they account for more than half of the COVID-19 deaths.
April 5, 2020
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The mayor declared an end to residential shut-offs last May, but the pandemic has brought new urgency to restoring service to citizens.
April 2, 2020
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Undocumented immigrants are ineligible for the unemployment benefits Illinois is offering to workers left jobless by the COVID-19 outbreak.
Mar 27, 2020
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As COVID-19 cases climb to 160 in Illinois, Gov. JB Pritzker calls the federal response to the outbreak “an incredible failure.”
Mar 17, 2020
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Some gig economy workers in the Chicago area don’t have the luxury of working from home or taking sick days as coronavirus cases mount.
Mar 13, 2020
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Immigration advocates Wednesday denounced the new public charge rule and argued for an injunction to block its implementation in Illinois.
Feb 26, 2020
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An alleged act of discrimination at the Pilsen post office has sparked demands for an investigation and more bilingual staff.
Feb 10, 2020
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Some migrant parents send their children across the border without them to escape harsh living conditions. They ask: “What would you do?”
Jan 28, 2020
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