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CPS Rift Continues Over In-Person Learning

The Chicago Reporter — Tue, 17 Aug 2021 14:54:00 +0000

Chicago Public Schools students are scheduled to return to in-person learning at the end of the month. But Norma Noriega said some Black and Brown kids won’t return despite a requirement for most students to learn at school five days a week this year. For some parents, the risk of sending their children to school […]

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Varying Factors Fuel Vaccine Reluctance

The Chicago Reporter — Thu, 12 Aug 2021 16:01:57 +0000

Chris, a 23-year-old Auburn Gresham resident, said it’s because many people around his age are less likely to take precautions against the virus than older adults. That includes wearing masks and avoiding large gatherings at bars and music festivals. “We go outside. Our generation is trying to live in the moment,” said Chris, who didn’t […]

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Masks Don’t Have Universal Appeal In Chicago

The Chicago Reporter — Mon, 24 May 2021 16:00:00 +0000

Some Chicago residents have mixed feelings about the amended mask mandate by Gov. J.B. Pritzker and city officials this week. Pritzker and Chicago Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady announced that those who’ve been fully vaccinated can go without masks in most settings. Chicago resident Omar Johnson said he doesn’t understand the purpose of mask-wearing, […]

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Prisons Lagging in COVID-19 Response

The Chicago Reporter — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 15:28:00 +0000

Sometimes, Deonta could hear inmates sick with COVID-19 screaming for help from his cell, said his loved one Chrisoula Drivas. “The officers would kind of disregard people, so he said it was crazy to hear that people were desperate and no one cared,” she said. Since the onset of the pandemic, advocates like Drivas have […]

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COVID-19 Vaccines Stir Memories of Half a Century Ago

The Chicago Reporter — Sun, 28 Feb 2021 15:00:00 +0000

For Ernestine Jackson, 80, getting the polio vaccine along with her two young sons and husband was a no-brainer. “I had no apprehension of [us or] our children getting it,” she said. This was for a personal reason: her father had struggled with the disease, which had given him a short leg and made it […]

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