Good morning, Chicago. Over the years, Carrie Ward’s organization, the Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault, has worked with law enforcement agencies and attorneys across the state on how to better understand the complexities of sexual violence cases. But one part of the criminal justice system has been largely absent from that training: judges. Since 2018, all Illinois police officers .
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Esperanza Mendez worries she may be dying, though she doesn’t say it out loud to her two young children. There is a cyst on her neck, which she said feels like it’s putting pressure on her brain and causing pain in her head. The lump has been growing for three years, and now her whole body aches, especially her arms and legs. She has trouble opening and closing her fists. “I feel terrible. My .
Usually, migrant families have people in the U.S. who can support them financially to buy air or bus fares to get to their destination cities. But some from Venezuela arrive with no money and few connections.