Featured Work
In Chicago, Immigrants Who Fled Violence and War Struggle With Their Mental Health
One of the country’s most diverse cities is helping migrants build a new life, MindSite News/palabra October 2024
Investigative
‘The Fear Cut Through My Family’: Alarm Over Trump’s Return Sparks Deep Anxiety Among Chicago Immigrants
MindSite News/palabra, November 2024
Enterprise
Chicago Advocates and Clinicians Come Together to Support Mental Health of Immigrants in Peril
At a time of dire threat, a push to provide healing through “radical hope” and a vow to organize and protect those most vulnerable. MindSite News/palabra, November 2024
Enterprise
Are Airbnbs Fueling Gentrification in Pilsen?
There are over 1,000 Airbnb listings in Pilsen and Heart of Chicago.
Gentrification has already raised property taxes in these two neighborhoods in recent years—and now, residents are beginning to worry that the proliferation of Airbnbs in the area will push them even higher. - South Side Weekly, May 2024
Investigative
Chicago medical students are serving the migrants Texas is sending by bus
Medical volunteers are offering aid to the more than 3,000 migrants who sleep in local police stations and airports, The Guardian, 2023
Enterprise
Cook County Investigates ICE Purchasing of Data Software to Target Undocumented Immigrants
ICE circumvented Cook County’s sanctuary protections by purchasing data from brokers like LexisNexis, conducting over 1.2 million searches in just seven months of 2021. South Side Weekly, August 2022
Investigative
The Structures that Divide Us
Structures such as expressways, industrial corridors, railroads, and bridges are key gateways to understanding the story of segregation in Chicago’s past and present. South Side Weekly, 2022.
This is post 4 of 6 in the series “FIRSTHAND: SEGREGATION”
This series was produced for WTTW’S FIRSTHAND: SEGREGATION, an award-winning FIRSTHAND multiplatform, multi-year initiative focusing on the firsthand perspectives of people facing critical issues in Chicago.
Explanatory
South Side as Inspiration
In this narrative odyssey, Alma Campos vividly depicts the green and rust of the South Side from Pilsen, Calumet Park, to McKinley Park.
Best of South Side, South Side Weekly, October 2024
Narrative
Pomp, Pageantry and Protests on DNC’s Final Night
A-list actors, musicians, civil rights leaders, and Vice President Kamala Harris brought the crowd to its feet countless times. South Side Weekly, August 2024
Narrative
Immigration Activists Reflect on 2006 Marches and the Need for Solidarity
Around two million people across the country protested an anti-immigration bill that year.
Historical reflection
Will That New Development Benefit Your Community?
This award-winning zine explores pathways to equitable development in Chicago and the tools that enable that work with case studies and a break-down of how Community Benefits Agreements (CBAs) work.
Solutions, Public Service
