Elvia Malagón
chicagotribune.com
Chicago, IL, United States
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As pandemic upends 2020 census, group turns to StreetWise vendors to reach undercounted community
StreetWise vendors are shifting to census outreach work among the homeless in Chicago. They will be paid by the YWCA Metropolitan Chicago, which is among organizations getting state money to communities that risk being undercounted. → Read More
Chicago’s legendary Tamale Guy is shut down during pandemic, but community rallies to support him
Claudio Velez, the beloved North Side tamale vendor, has stopped street sales after he received a cease-and-desist order from the city. → Read More
Mayor Lori Lightfoot sends teams to address ‘breathtaking’ number of coronavirus cases in Chicago’s Latino community
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot will create teams to address a “breathtaking” spike in coronavirus cases among the city’s Latino population, she said in a Wednesday news conference. → Read More
Latino communities in Illinois see uptick in COVID-19 confirmed cases: ‘Physical distancing is a privilege’
Across Chicago and the state of Illinois, the data on cases and coronavirus-related deaths is starting to provide a window into how hard the pandemic is hitting Latino communities. → Read More
Inmate who agreed to stay in Cook County Jail to avoid immigration trouble lost life to COVID-19 instead
In early March Rene Olivo Sangabriel was just one among the thousands of Cook County Jail inmates who would soon find themselves in the devastating path of COVID-19. → Read More
With stay-at-order in place, Latino leaders, groups use caravan in Pilsen to urge households to fill out census
As the U.S. Census Bureau continues to tally the population, leaders and community groups used a caravan to urge Pilsen residents to participate in the 2020 census. → Read More
Mask sewing project among Chicago refugee groups leads to new career goal: ‘This is my job’
Refugees in Chicago are among those helping make masks for the public. The group’s effort comes as Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s modified stay-at-home order goes into effect Friday, requiring face masks in stores and public places where they can't keep 6 feet away from other people. → Read More
More than 200 residents, staff at Cicero nursing home test positive for COVID-19 as at least 9 deaths associated with facility
Over 160 residents at a Cicero nursing home have tested positive for COVID-19 while 31 staff members have also been diagnosed at the facility, which has seen at least five confirmed deaths, according to officials. → Read More
Refugees try to make new start in Chicago as COVID-19 upends daily life: ‘Once we get back to the normal life, we want to walk freely’
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, Chicago resettlement organizations help refugees navigate their new lives as some in essential jobs are on the front lines of the fight. → Read More
More than 100 seniors at South Shore nursing home — 70% — test positive for COVID-19
More than 100 residents of a South Shore senior center have tested positive for COVID-19, according to the company that runs it and several other facilities, including one in Joliet where more than 80 people have tested positive and more than 20 have died. → Read More
Cleanup efforts to begin at site of shuttered Crawford Generating Station in Little Village
Cleanup efforts are expected to begin soon at the shuttered Crawford Generating Station that was at the center of controversy last week after a demolition on the property sent a cloud of what appeared to be dust into residential parts of Little Village. → Read More
COVID-19 outbreak at Lincoln Park nursing home leaves 4 dead, 10 others sickened as workers run low on protective gowns, other supplies
An outbreak of COVID-19 at a Lincoln Park nursing home has left four residents dead and 10 other people ill with the coronavirus, including six other residents and four workers, according to the religious order that runs the facility. → Read More
As COVID-19 cases mount in nursing homes, exact locations remain a mystery
Nearly 300 Illinois nursing home patients and staff have died from COVID-19, but exactly where still remains largely cloaked in secrecy. Unlike some states, Illinois hasn’t named specific facilities where the virus has been detected. → Read More
37 immigrant children in three Chicago-area shelters test positive for COVID-19
More than half of 69 immigrant children living at three Chicago-area shelters have tested positive for the coronavirus, but the organization running the facilities said the prognosis for the minors is “very good.” → Read More
Immigrant rights group turns to federal court to seek release of detainees as some in Illinois test positive for COVID-19
An immigrant rights group is suing the federal government on behalf of people being held in detention as some of those in Illinois test positive for coronavirus. → Read More
As coronavirus fatalities drop, city investigates smokestack demolition that left Little Village filled with dust and new fears
The state reported 1,672 new cases Sunday, the highest yet, for a total of 20,852. Another 43 people lost their lives, bringing the state’s total to 720 deaths, one of the highest in the country. → Read More
Amid COVID-19 fears, Lightfoot orders halt to demolitions after work on Saturday sent dust cloud into Little Village. Video shows smokestack tumble.
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot issued a stop-work order Saturday on the demolition of a shuttered coal plant in the city’s Little Village neighborhood after photos emerged showing the neighborhood covered in what looked like dust. → Read More
‘Reckless and dangerous.’ Advocates for immigrants again press for halting detention hearings and deportations during pandemic
Carlos Yánez has kept up with the news of the coronavirus pandemic from his two-person cell at the McHenry County Jail, where he is federal custody awaiting deportation. The 20-year-old doesn’t know how he’ll keep his space sanitized in such tight quarters, he said recently on a webinar organized by an immigration rights group. → Read More
COVID-19: After diagnosis, how do you know when it’s safe to be around others? Answers about getting it — and getting over it.
You have questions about COVID-19, and we have answers. We've assembled the advice of a variety of health and government experts here. → Read More
Highland Park mother sick with COVID-19 for two weeks with no end in sight: ‘I’m going to be too scared to hug my children’
Two weeks ago, Terri Chaseley felt like her lungs were burning. From there, the symptoms got worse and she was eventually hospitalized and diagnosed with COVID-19. Now the Highland Park mother of three doesn't know when she'll be able to leave her bedroom. → Read More