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East Chicago’s Fiestas Patrias

Nearly a century of celebration for Indiana's growing Mexican community.

Emiliano Aguilar2022-11-16T09:20:47-05:00November 14, 2022|
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The Growing Fight Over a Trash Station in West Chicago

Concerns over transparency and environmental racism are fueling backlash in majority Latino West Chicago.

Liuan Huska2022-04-01T09:59:11-04:00March 25, 2022|
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What It’s Like to Be a Farmworker During COVID-19

On picking peaches in a pandemic.

Francisco Velazquez and Michelle Kanaar2020-09-04T11:53:19-04:00August 27, 2020|
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In Detroit

"In Detroit we are always planting trees."

Christiana Castillo2020-07-24T11:51:08-04:00July 9, 2020|
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Finding Hope in Wicker Park’s Mexican Community

Coronavirus has devastated Latino communities in Illinois. But in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood, one family is working and hoping for a better tomorrow.

Fernando Moreno2021-03-04T10:57:37-05:00May 22, 2020|
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Fragmentos de Niña Codiciosa

"Does land have a memory?"

Christiana Castillo2020-06-12T14:46:02-04:00April 8, 2020|
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Fighting For a Fair Census in 2020

In an absence of federal investment, organizers across the region are working to improve the chances of an accurate count.

Mark Oprea2020-08-27T13:59:44-04:00March 6, 2020|
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Finding Refuge in Southwest Detroit

Since the early twentieth century, the area has been a safe haven for Latinx—including my family.

Christiana Castillo2020-04-01T15:59:41-04:00February 7, 2020|
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  • Gonzalez - Dover, Ohio

After ICE

Life in a Guatemalan immigrant community in rural Ohio more than a year after nearby raids.

Joanna Bernstein2021-09-10T12:07:05-04:00January 22, 2020|
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