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- Blogs, Bleader Nov 19, 2018
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Archive dive: A report from Morton, Illinois, the self-declared pumpkin capital of the world
In 2006, Linda Lutton and Catrin Einhorn explored the town's busy season and spoke with the workers who pack the pumpkin, most of whom come from the tiny Mexican town of La Soledad.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 7, 2018
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Crashing the boys’ club: independent women directors in the 60s and 70s
Men weren't the only ones making thoughtful and provocative independent films in the 1960s and '70s, as this selection demonstrates.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 10, 2018
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100,000 'From Immigrants' love letters to the U.S. are being left around Chicago and other cities
Melis Sonmez, a Turkish immigrant living in Chicago, has started an online magazine called Bright Side where she shares the stories of creative immigrants living in America.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 30, 2018
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![Thousands protest Trump in the Families Belong Together March [PHOTOS]](https://media1.fdncms.com/chicago/imager/u/results/51782582/family_rally.jpg)
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Thousands protest Trump in the Families Belong Together March [PHOTOS]
Once again, Chicago declines to go along with the Trump administration's plans to "make America great again."
- Blogs, Bleader May 18, 2018
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Immigration activist who took sanctuary in Humboldt Park church spotlighted in Elvira
Noted activist Elvira Arellano reflects on her experience as a spokesperson for the immigrant rights movement.
- Blogs, Bleader May 19, 2017
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As others are deported, a Dreamer wrestles with fear and uncertainty
Laura Mendoza, 28, worries about what her immigration status means under President Donald Trump.
- Blogs, Bleader May 10, 2017
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Immigration fears, state budget woes have made things worse for domestic violence victims
"Wanting someone to stop hitting you is not the same as wanting someone deported."
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 27, 2017
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Local Syrian-American doctors support Trump’s missile strikes, despite skepticism
These Chicago-area doctors are concerned about president’s next step, but desperate for an end to the bloody civil war.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 26, 2017
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Teaching Chicagoans that in Rojava, resistance is life
At a talk Saturday, an intrigued local audience showed support for the radical leftist Kurdish utopia in Syria.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 25, 2017
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Deportation fears can lead to higher risk of illness in undocumented populations
Practitioners say fear of ICE raids and a lack of access to affordable health care can put undocumented and minority populations at risk.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 6, 2017
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An Iraqi-American professor remembers his complicated midwestern youth
DePaul’s Laith Saud describes his American life during a seemingly endless war.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 30, 2017
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Little Village and other neighborhoods are setting up ‘defense networks’ for undocumented immigrants
Legal residents and undocumented immigrants alike are working together to protect themselves from ICE raids.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 29, 2017
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Belmont Cragin residents are fearful after ICE agents shoot a neighbor
There are many questions and few answers after Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents shot a 53-year-old man in his home Monday morning.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 24, 2017
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Latin American immigrants are unique in the history of U.S. immigration
Previous generations of immigrants mostly came from places in which America hadn't meddled.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 16, 2017
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Muslim, Latina, and attacked from all sides
Chicago-area resident Diana Cruz on living in Trump’s America
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 14, 2017
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A deportation explainer
How the deportation process works in Illinois and who’s at risk under Trump’s new executive orders.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 14, 2017
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Sobre el proceso de deportación
Cómo funciona el proceso de deportación en Illinois y quienes están en riesgo de ser deportados bajo las órdenes ejecutivas de Trump.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 9, 2017
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Some Syrian refugees arrive in Chicago at last
After a long wait, prolonged by the Trump executive order, a family finally makes it to Chicago.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 2, 2017
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Chicago-area Holocaust survivors speak out against immigration ban
Eighteen survivors came to Skokie's Illinois Holocaust Museum Thursday to express solidarity with the refugees and nationals of seven primarily-Muslim countries who have been forbidden entry into the U.S.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 30, 2017
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Lawyers to immigrants: Know your rights
"Do not travel," and more advice attorneys shared with immigrants during a community meeting in Rogers Park
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 29, 2017
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‘We won today—we'll see what happens tomorrow’: Protesters and volunteer lawyers brace for long fight after detainees are freed from O’Hare
Thousands of people flocked to O'Hare Saturday afternoon to defy Trump's immigration and travel ban.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 16, 2017
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Chicago bills itself as a ‘sanctuary city,’ but advocates worry about limits to protections for undocumented immigrants
Ultimately, no city is an ICE-free zone.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 23, 2016
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Postelection, Chicago's Jewish community considers its role as a force for good
Around 200 people gathered at Anshe Emet in Lakeview Tuesday to plan what to do next.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 9, 2016
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![The election is over, and here’s what you can do about it [UPDATED]](https://media2.fdncms.com/chicago/imager/u/results/24273085/hillary_concession.jpg)
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The election is over, and here’s what you can do about it [UPDATED]
Some suggestions for donating your time, money, and energy.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 6, 2016
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A local Holocaust survivor tells his story in Ken Burns’s Defying the Nazis: The Sharps’ War
Peter Braunfeld, who now lives in Champaign, is part of the new documentary.
