Darion Crawford: Creating Safe Spaces
The South Side of Chicago in particular, saw an outburst of steel production during World War II that at one […]
Paula Gean: Rallying The Community To Help Immigrants
Woodlawn resident talks about helping immigrants coming to Chicago, women in tech, and her lived experience as an immigrant in the U.S.
Cristina Pacione-Zayas: Community Is Family
Incoming Deputy Chief of Staff, for Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, on the equitable distribution of resources, inclusive leadership, and social responsibility
Latino News Network & CAN-TV Present: 3 Questions With…
CHICAGO – The Latino News Network (LNN), an independent, multimedia digital news outlet with local newsrooms in the Northeast and Midwest, including IL
“We Don’t Feel Represented”
Voting in the United States can often be an inaccessible process preventing eligible voters, particularly in marginalized communities, from casting
Vonderlack-Navarro & Mendez: improving access to equitable education
With over 12 percent of the students enrolled in Illinois public schools during the 2020-2021 school year considered English Language
Ric Estrada: Representation Matters
Since 1857, Metropolitan Family Services has empowered families to learn, earn, heal, and thrive. Founded as the Chicago Relief and
Year End Recap: 3 Questions With
As the year comes to a close, the IL Latino News (ILLN) team is looking back at a year’s worth of producing
Sylvia Puente: leading with ‘ganas’
While the holiday malaise has abated the battle to redraw Chicago’s 50 wards, for the time being, both Latino and
Dr. Marina: Investing in our communities’ health
CPS CEO Pedro Martinez praised Last Friday’s Vaccination Awareness Day when students got the day off in order to get
“Speak in one voice”
“My mom never went passed eighth-grade; my father was a factory worker,” remembers Cesar Rolon. “That’ll always be my drive.”
El Camino: an autobiography set to music
“She was a lonely woman,” said William Mendoza, producer/director of the Latin Heartbeat Orchestra, remembering his mother. “I would ask