More than 13,000 immigrants have arrived since Texas Gov. Greg Abbott started sending them away on buses — so far 197 of them coming to the Chicago area.
Temperatures are rising again today in Chicago. The weather will feel like 115 degrees. The city is opening more cooling centers but for migrants who are arriving here from Texas and other places, but there’s sometimes no escape from the heat.
For nearly a year, thousands of migrants have been transported to Chicago by bus from border states like Texas. A lack of adequate housing and services in the city has left these individuals and families susceptible to dangers, including abuse and exploitation.
A group of West Side residents have questions about jobs, zoning and environmental issues around an Amazon warehouse.
Frank Schmeda realized that most of the migrants had very few belongings. He set up a table with a sign saying ‘gratis’— free in Spanish — and started leaving clothes and shoes daily.
The number of Chicagoans living more than a mile away from a major grocer has jumped by 63% since 2013, a WBEZ and Sun-Times analysis found.
A nonprofit is calling on officials to enact a local hiring policy requiring some manufacturers to source 40% of their workforce from within the city.
We’re passing the mic to our friends at Living for We, a podcast that asks: is Cleveland really as bad as they say it is for Black women?
It’s growing, expanding into nearby neighborhoods even as traditional Chinese American communities in other cities face pressures from development.
From Albany Park to Pilsen, Chicago street vendors have faced challenges for years around licensing and public health requirements.
