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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…
Press Release From Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on the City's Racial Equity Rapid Response Team (RERT)
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.
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…
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.
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.