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Some cautiously optimistic, others fearing the worst, parents are preparing for the return Monday of full in-person learning at Chicago’s schools.
Provided When the coronavirus first hit Chicago and Cook County last spring, Black residents bore the brunt of the surging death toll. But over the past year, as Cook County deaths have climbed toward 10,000, the virus has wreaked havoc in nearly every corner of the region. Low-income communities of all ethnicities have been hit especially hard, from the heavily Hispanic neighborhoods around Cicero to majority-white areas like Niles and Oak Lawn. Early pandemic hot spots like South Shore have been surpassed by communities like Cicero, where two low-rated nursing homes and a profusion of multi...
Essential manufacturing and factory workers in Chicago, including those in the food and beverage industry, are continuing to contract COVID-19 at staggering rates, according to a report from Block Club Chicago. Among them are employees at well-known tortilla company El Milagro Tortilla Factory in Little Village, where more than 80 workers tested positive for the novel coronavirus as of September 30. The factory temporarily closed in April after a longtime employee died from complications of the virus. El Milagro, which sells chips to stores and supplies tortillas to restaurants, is a Chicago...