Isolated and afraid, pregnant migrants cobble together prenatal care any way they can
“I’m scared I will go into labor in the shelter,” said one Venezuelan mother-to-be. “But if I put my faith in God, I feel it will be OK.”
“I’m scared I will go into labor in the shelter,” said one Venezuelan mother-to-be. “But if I put my faith in God, I feel it will be OK.”
For migrants arriving in Chicago, finding health care can be daunting. Here’s a list of some of the health clinics that offer prenatal care for low-income or uninsured people.
Morton Arboretum seeded bur oak gardens with saplings from Illinois, Minnesota and Oklahoma to learn how bur oaks adapt to a warming planet.
Some are happy to offer a ladder to new arrivals. Others decry the lack of services for locals. About 400 migrants could move into an area shelter as soon as Tuesday.
“In some ways, we think that we live in Illinois and somehow we’re immune to this,” said David Goldenberg, the Midwest director of the Anti-Defamation League that issued the report.
Helen Roper may have been a supporting character on the 1970s sitcom “Three’s Company,” but women all over the country — including Chicago — are celebrating her with cosplay romps.
Little Amal is making her way across America to inspire hope and draw attention to the plight of many refugees around the world, half of whom are children.
Chain restaurants attract customers from different income brackets and represent ways to break down class barriers, according to a new study.
More than one million Illinois households are eligible for energy assistance. That money is down a third to $280 million dollars this year from its peak in 2022.
Juan González is a senior fellow at the Great Cities Institute at the University of Illinois Chicago. He says U.S. foreign policy is key to understanding why migrants flee to the city.