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Being confined in a cell for so long had me depressed, hallucinating and paranoid. It caused severe problems with my concentration and memory, and I still suffer from the long-term effects of it.
The timing couldn’t have been worse. The Trump administration has slashed museum budgets, the Smithsonian is being reviewed to align with Donald Trump’s vision of America and the school year just started, making it harder for students and other Chicagoans eager to do to research.
Cook County Commissioners Jessica Vásquez and Alma E. Anaya recently introduced a resolution calling on all county offices, bureaus and agencies to notify commissioners of any interactions with immigration officials.
My experience and observations have proved that, for most people in the justice system, holistic social support is the key to spark lasting change, says a former Cook County prosecutor.
We do not need occupation and political tricks. We need accountability. The proposed Responsibility in Firearm Legislation Act mandates firearm manufacturers whose products are sold, imported or distributed in Illinois share the financial consequences of gun violence.
Private schools, like Chicago Hope Academy, offer more for less. Last year at Hope Academy, 95 upperclassmen enrolled in a recently launched trades program, eight seniors went directly into union apprenticeships. The rest — all on scholarship — chose college.
With Chicago anticipating an uptick in high heat conditions, outdoor workers are especially vulnerable to the risks that come with extreme temperatures.
After-school programs across Illinois and the nation are hanging on by a thread, threatened by chronic underfunding and bureaucratic delays.
International Workers’ Days and Labor Day both arose during the same period, in the U.S. nearly 150 years ago, in the midst of an explosive labor uprising in America’s industrial heartland.
Fear of Black crime is one of the oldest and most reliable political dog whistles. Now, Brown immigrants are being scapegoated, along with the Black community, to justify Donald Trump’s militarization campaign.
The procedure is quick, painless and noninvasive. Over the last decade, it has saved 80,000 years of life.
There must be state-level support for those who will inevitably fall through Donald Trump’s manufactured cracks, including direct cash assistance.
Sustainable community schools have demonstrated the power of engaging curricula, high quality teaching, wraparound supports, positive discipline, parent engagement and inclusive school leadership.
Universities can be beautiful places of new ideas and enriching experiences. But they can also be cold and indifferent institutions. Don’t forget why you’re there.
Donald Trump is fanning a dangerous lie: that persecuting immigrants somehow benefits Black people.
The proposed bipartisan bill Combating Organized Retail Crime Act would give law enforcement officials the tools and federal coordination they need to go after these criminal networks that target truckers.
Ending cash bail doesn’t mean dangerous people are roaming the streets. It means that a judge decides whether a person should be released from jail pending trial based on risk and not wealth.
None of my educational and professional successes, this triumph over trauma, would have taken place without the network of people who lent me a hand — social workers, educators and career counselors.
Chicago’s Crisis Assistance Response and Engagement, or CARE, program, faces short operating hours, staffing shortages, dispatch issues and weak coordination with our city’s mental health infrastructure.
Immigrants add value to the nation, and immigration, properly managed, is by and large a win-win situation.