On a recent sunny afternoon in Woodlawn, more than a dozen men from Venezuela gathered in a parking lot outside a shuttered elementary school that is now a shelter for migrants, kicking a soccer ball and blaring music from cars.
Over all, 4,760 new arrivals are in seven temporary shelters and three respite centers across the city, as of Friday, according to a statement from city officials.
This is the new normal for cities dealing with record levels of border crossings as city officials have turned to homeless shelters, hotels and churches to accommodate the migrants.
NARA SCHOENBERG
Chicago Tribune
After 40 days without solid food, Rachelle Zola ended her hunger strike for slavery reparations with a few small bites of yogurt Saturday.
Zola, 73, of Chicago, said she lost 23 pounds and felt weak during her last two days of drinking only water, Pedialyte and bone broth.
But she pronounced the experience an unqualified success, citing dozens of productive conversations with ordinary people, as well as TV, radio and print newspaper coverage of her fast for H.R. 40, a U.S. House bill that would establish a federal commission to hold hearings on slavery and discrimination and recommend remedies.
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