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Neighborhoods Gentrifying Fastest See Property Tax Skyrocket

Hugo Balta — Sun, 11 Dec 2022 22:10:13 +0000

CHICAGO | Property taxes are up in Cook County; on average, homeowners saw an increase of 8 percent this year. According to an analysis from Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas’ office, taxes levied on real estate rose by 3.8 percent, to $16.7 billion, in 2021. The total amount billed countywide increased by $614 million over the previous […]

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Blacks & Latinos Are Most At Risk From Respiratory Viruses

Hugo Balta — Mon, 28 Nov 2022 03:20:39 +0000

CHICAGO| Chicago’s Black and Latino communities are expected to be most affected by a surge of what health experts call a “tridemic.” It is a triple threat from the flu, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and COVID-19. Here in Illinois, like across many parts of the country, hospitals are seeing a dramatic rise in patients with […]

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Afro-Latinas Stress The Complexity Of Their Roots

Jacqueline Cardenas — Mon, 28 Feb 2022 16:34:22 +0000

The first time DePaul junior, Ariana Collazo heard of an Afro-Latina individual in school was last year during her Afro Caribbean class when Haitian American novelist Edwidge Danticat came to speak to her class. “Listening to her story was really inspiring and I’ll never forget watching her,” said Collazo. Collazo said she felt connected to […]

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Black people across Illinois are dying from COVID-19 at 3.4 times the rate of the white population

Asraa Mustufa and David Eads — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 19:45:00 +0000

The impact of the coronavirus on Latinx and Hispanic communities is likely underreported due to incomplete demographic data, authorities say.

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Where are the Hispanic executives?

JD Swerzenski, Donald T. Tomaskovic-Devey and Eric Hoyt — Fri, 24 Jan 2020 12:00:26 +0000

Hispanic Americans make up 17% of the labor force, the largest of any racial minority group, but they occupy just 4.3% of executive positions.

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