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…

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.

Descriptions of the how authorities responded to the covid-19 pandemic by correctional officers, health care staff, and inmates at Cook County Jail.

CDC article on the state of mask preparation in the US as of September 2020

The interview was conducted over the phone with my grandmother, Paula A, in early October 2020.

The following is an interview in which I ask my grandmother, Paula A, about her experience during her first days of the pandemic. My grandmother is in her late 70’s, and has been to the hospital during this pandemic (not covid-19), as well as lived…

Alara Demirag is an undergraduate student in the architectural department of the University of Toronto. I interviewed her on October 2, via phone. She was in her internship office, and I was visiting her. I verbally asked her questions to which she…

Homemade mask made during the coronavirus pandemic in March 2020