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- Collection: The Impact of Covid-19 on Low-Income, Urban Communities
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Article on How Incarceration can Help Covid-19 Spread to the Communities Surrounding Jails.
Article that studies the correlation between the incarcerated and people cycling through jails and the potential for spreading the coronavirus. It uses Cook County Jail as an example.
Article on Parents from Differing Race and Class Backgrounds and If Schools in the Chicago Area Should Re-open
This is an article from the Chicago Tribune which discusses differing views from parents on whether kids should be sent back to school in the Chicago area. Districts where families are economically disadvantaged do not want schools to re-open due to…
Covid-19 in Chicago as it Relates to Race, Household Income, and Environmental Racism
This article from the Red Line Project gives statistics which indicate that minority groups make up a majority of covid cases in Chicago, states that there is a relationship between high cases of covid-19 and lower income communities, and discusses…
Economic Impact that Covid-19 Has had on Households in The Chicago Area and Illinois
This is an article from the Chicago Tribune that illustrates the way household finances in the Chicago Area and Illinois have been affected by the pandemic. The article does this by using five charts which illustrate such aspects as what percentage…
Essential Worker's in Chicago's Black and Brown Neighborhoods
This Block Club Chicago article has insight on how essential workers in Chicago's black and brown neighborhoods feel about having to take public transportation to work.
Essential Workers in Chicago are Disproportionately low-income, people of color
Information on where essential workers in Chicago, Illinois live, their incomes, and race data. Analysis was done with data from 2014 to 2018 from the American Community Survey.
Firsthand Accounts from People of Diverse Backgrounds in Chicago on How the Covid-19 Pandemic Impacted Their Lives
These stories are part of a digital series in which a number of people from Chicago talk about the ways that their lives have changed as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. These people all have very diverse backgrounds. This document gives a…
Map of Covid-19 Cases in Illinois Broken Down by ZIP Code
A map of covid-19 cases by zip code in Illinois. Darker blue areas means a higher number of cases in comparison to other areas in Illinois. As seen in the map, the Chicago area has higher proportions of covid cases in comparison to other areas of…
Multiple Screenshots From the Chicago Chapter's Black Lives Matter Twitter Account
These are a number of screenshots of tweets from the Chicago chapter's BLM twitter account. The tweets criticize Mayor Lori Lightfoot, list demands for the city of Chicago, and talk about the disproportionate impact of covid-19 in prison.
Percentage of Tests Positive for Covid-19 by Race and Ethnicity in Illinois
A graph of the percentage of positive covid-19 tests by race and ethnicity from Feb. 27 2020 to Nov. 11 2020 in Illinois.