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Family members of Abnerd Joseph walk past a photo of Joseph as they arrive at a news conference at the law offices of Romanucci and Blandin in Chicago on Aug. 26, 2024. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Family of assistant principal fatally shot in Loop high-rise last year demands answers and expands its civil lawsuit

August 27, 2024 at 7:36 a.m.

The family of Abnerd Joseph, an assistant principal who was shot and killed inside a residential building in the Loop last year, has filed a civil lawsuit against the building's...

Activists scuffle with Chicago police outside the Israeli Consulate while protesting the war in Gaza during the second day of the Democratic National Convention, Aug. 20, 2024. Multiple people were arrested on the first day of protests after a breach of a security fence near the Democratic National Convention site. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

First DNC arrestees appear in court as police leaders praise response to security breach

August 20, 2024 at 9:00 p.m.

Two people among those arrested after the breach of a security fence near the Democratic National Convention site appeared in court Tuesday, while police brass praised their response to the...

Juan Carlos Montiya, Luis Adrian, Willian Gimenez and Betuel Castro are in Chicago after filing a federal lawsuit against Home Depot, Chicago Police Department and the city of Chicago on Aug. 6, 2024. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Migrant day laborers sue Home Depot, CPD and city of Chicago, alleging abuse and harassment

August 7, 2024 at 10:23 a.m.

A group of migrant day laborers have sued Home Depot, the Chicago Police Department, and the city of Chicago in federal court, alleging ethnically motivated harassment and assault by police...

Jeremiah Carlos, a 3-month-old recovering from emergency surgery after he was shot Saturday, July 27 in Little Village. (Family photo)

Boy, 3 months old, remains intubated after Little Village shooting as family seeks safety

August 5, 2024 at 6:12 a.m.

The mother of a 3-month-old boy named Jeremiah hasn't left his side since he was admitted to a Chicago hospital last week following a shooting in the heart of the...

From center, Keila Rodriguez, 43, talks with her grandson Thiago Gonzalez, 5, both from Venezuela, outside a migrant shelter on North Ogden Avenue on July 29, 2024, in Chicago. On Sunday incumbent Nicolás Maduro and challenger Edmundo González both claimed victory in Venezuela's presidential election. The National Electoral Council has declared Maduro the victor. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Chicago migrants disheartened over presidential election results in Venezuela: ‘We want our country to be free’

July 31, 2024 at 9:55 a.m.

Heymerling Drownosky said when Venezuelan incumbent President Nicolás Maduro announced his victory overnight Monday, migrants around her broke down in tears at the shelter in the West Loop. She could...

Javier Macedo stands for a portrait at Arise Chicago, an organization that advocates for workers' rights through education and organizing, on June 25, 2024, in Chicago. Macedo, who emigrated from Mexico 29 years ago, worked for nine years in the Foxtrot commissary until the company abruptly closed in April. He and former co-workers are working with Arise Chicago, in part, to obtain backpay from Foxtrot. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

As new Foxtrot owner plans to reopen stores, former immigrant workers of their Pilsen commissary struggle to find a job and collect back pay

July 25, 2024 at 11:19 a.m.

As a co-founder of Foxtrot and new investors plan to reopen about a dozen stores this fall, most of the 50 former immigrant workers who worked at the commissary continue...

A couple dances to the music at Miche Fest at Oakwood Beach in Chicago on July 13, 2024. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Miche Fest went from Pilsen street fest to a leading Chicago Latino music festival

July 17, 2024 at 2:50 p.m.

Michelada Festival is now one of Chicago’s largest Latino music festivals, featuring world-renowned artists who speak to different generations.

Laura Stillwell baila con el Ballet Folklórico de Chicago durante la Noche de la Herencia Mexicana en el Guaranteed Rate Field el 26 de junio de 2024. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Los Medias Blancas de Chicago celebran su primera Noche de la Herencia Mexicana con entradas agotadas y destacando el amor de los mexicanos por el ‘equipo del pueblo’

July 3, 2024 at 9:40 a.m.

Puede que los Chicago White Sox no estén teniendo su mejor temporada, pero sus aficionados mexicanos en Chicago sí.

A fan wears a Chicago White Sox-themed sombrero during Mexican Heritage Night on June 26, 2024, at Guaranteed Rate Field. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Column: Chicago White Sox host their 1st Mexican Heritage Night to a sold-out crowd, highlights the love Mexicans have for the ‘team of the people’

July 3, 2024 at 9:38 a.m.

For the first time in the team's 124-year history, the Chicago White Sox held a Mexican Heritage Night during their home game last Wednesday.

Giselle Rodriguez hands her daughter, Nya, 1, to her husband, Michael Whitley, after picking up Nya and her sister from day care on June 18, 2024, in Bolingbrook. Rodriguez, who emigrated from Mexico without documentation as a child, married Whitley, a U.S. citizen, in 2019, and the couple is expecting their third child next month. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

How a family’s life can change under Biden’s pathway to legalization for undocumented spouses of US citizens

June 20, 2024 at 12:01 p.m.

The announcement comes just weeks after the Illinois General Assembly passed a resolution calling on Biden to use his executive power to extend work permits to long-term immigrants living without...

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