Sueños Music Festival organizers cancel Sunday finale as heavy storms batter Chicago
Despite several public announcements asking patrons to disperse, thousands of festivalgoers refused to leave Grant Park for a considerable amount of time.
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2024 Sueños Music Festival celebrates the rise of regional Mexican music and a love for reggaeton
The headliner for Sunday, Grammy winner Peso Pluma, promised to galvanize a larger crowd, though weather kept the grounds closed after the expected noon start.
A Little Village mother forgave her son’s killer. Now she writes poems to honor victims of gang violence.
Devastated by her loss, Doris Hernandez, 66, found solace and strength through poetry. She began to write, channeling her emotions into verses that pay tribute to the suffering of a...
Migrant arrests are up, but they’re rarely accused of violent felonies
As 40,000 asylum-seekers have arrived in Chicago in less than two years, a Tribune analysis of crime data shows the impact of migrants has been mostly felt in nonviolent offenses,...
Tras 25 años de vender tamales en Chicago, madre indocumentada regresa a México sin la familia por la que emigró
Siendo una exitosa tamalera en el barrio de La Villita en Chicago, Pérez vivía en Estados Unidos sin permiso legal de residencia anhelando regresar a México para abrazar a sus...
After 25 years of selling tamales in Chicago, an undocumented immigrant mother returns to Mexico without her family
Battling health problems and a ticking clock, Claudia Perez, 63, chose to leave the life she’d built for herself and her family over the past 25 years.
Chicago and Illinois to receive $19M from feds to help with migrant crisis
The Department of Homeland Security released the first installment of $300 million in grants to support communities providing services to migrants, federal officials said Friday.
Girl, 5, at migrant shelter recovering from tuberculosis, her father says, as city officials confirm ‘small number’ of cases
In shelters, migrants who have active cases of tuberculosis are assigned a nurse case manager who conducts a contact tracing investigation.
Change to immigrant health care programs in Illinois will cause up to 6,000 to lose benefits
Thousands of non-U.S. citizens living in Illinois will no longer receive state-funded healthcare benefits as Gov. J.B. Pritzker's administration looks for ways to cut the costs of two programs that...
State and federal agencies deny role in diaper shortage at Chicago’s migrant shelters
The statements come following Tribune reporting that revealed the shortage of essential supplies in migrant shelters was forcing some migrants to have to reuse diapers.