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City officials made the right decision by denying General Iron’s permit, but something is clearly wrong when it takes four excruciating years – for everyone involved – to...
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For many menstruators the cost of bleeding forces them to choose which essential need will be met that month. “It was that struggle of...
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An estimated 300 million people menstruate around the world on any given day. Still, the stigma surrounding this normal bodily function contributes to the...
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About 26 percent of the world population menstruates. Shame and stigma inhibits education and access to essential hygiene products for people who menstruate, and it happens everywhere. In...
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It has been a very difficult two years for so many; nearly 8,000 Chicagoans and more than 33,000 Illinoisans have died from COVID-related causes....
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I remember back in 2020, as the year was about to end, I professed my belief in 2021 being a better year. Unfortunately, 2021...
Community
The Little Village community is reaping the fruits of an over 20-year long fight for environmental justice with the construction of a farm in...
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CPS CEO Pedro Martinez praised Last Friday’s Vaccination Awareness Day when students got the day off in order to get shots. “We had almost...
Health
Environmental injustices in Chicago stem directly from racism and harm the health of communities of color. Every day I see how segregation in my city creates a sacrifice zone out of my...
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Army veteran Carlos Correa dreams of starting a business growing lettuce and tomatoes in greenhouses. But the traumatic injuries he suffered as a result...
Health
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reports that over 172 million Americans (approximately 67-percent) of the adult population, have received at least one dose...
Health
Connecticut’s digital divide harmful to Latino families
Democracy
IL Latino News covers the social determinants of health and democracy. Collaborations like the coalition of Chicago’s largest Black and Latino-serving organizations to produce the candidate conversation...
Community
The 9- and 10-year-old girls training with Chicago Fire Youth Soccer Club coach Christina Murillo are constantly running after the ball during the training session. They...