When Carmen and her family arrived to Chicago in early September after months of travel through Central and South America, they were ostensibly luckier than most new arrivals: She, her
An emergency meeting in Hyde Park largely mirrored meetings concerning migrant shelters in Woodlawn and South Shore due to the short notice, security concerns and the history of disinvestment in Black communities.
In a contentious community meeting Wednesday, Hyde Parkers were divided over city plans to use East Hyde Park’s Lake Shore Hotel as a temporary shelter for hundreds of migrants. Many