This is a press release from the Mayor of Chicago which comments on RERT, Rapid Equity Rapid Response Team, which aims to address the disproportionate impact of covid-19 on African-American communities and how it plans to do this in Chicago.

This article discusses the BLM Movement in Chicago. The director of the Chicago chapter, Amika Tendaji, talks about how the pandemic has hit black communities in Chicago hard, and mentions that these communities are in need of resources.

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.

Map of School Outbreaks By County. Darker Blue areas indicates greater numbers of outbreaks in comparison to other counties. Of the 13 outbreaks in Illinois, on data from December 4 2020, 5 are from Cook County.

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…

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…

This is an interview with Dr. Monica Peek, an associate professor of the University of Chicago Medicine that was studying racial health disparities even before the covid-19 outbreak. In the interview Dr. Peek states that racial minorities in Chicago…