Latino Voices
Latino Voices
‘Like Lightning Struck’: Community Marks 60 Years Since the First Division Street Riot, Puerto Rican Rebellion
While events for the community are planned for the entire weekend to celebrate Puerto Rican pride and culture, this year also honors the history of Chicago’s Boricua community — marking the 60-year anniversary of the first Division Street riot.
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As Mexico City Prepares to Host World Cup, Residents Say Construction Is Taking a Toll
Residents said the rapid construction is destroying local infrastructure, severing the very pipelines that communities depend on for daily life. For many, the disruptions have come with little warning and even less explanation.
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Black Voices
From a Replica Oval Office to Michelle Obama’s Dresses, What’s Inside the Obama Presidential Center
WTTW News visited the Obama Presidential Center for a firsthand look at the exhibits, installations and everything in between.
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South Side Residents Voice Gentrification Concerns Ahead of Obama Presidential Center Opening
Despite years of organizing and city ordinances being put in place, rising housing costs and investor activity continue to threaten gentrification in neighborhoods surrounding the Obama Presidential Center.
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With Private Housing in Uptown, Migrants Build Community While Learning to Navigate Life in New Country
Chicago’s 60-day shelter-stay limit has asylum seekers looking to find permanent housing in the area. A new privately funded apartment-style living arrangement has been in the works since October and could offer a solution.
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Several Chicago Suburbs Take Steps to Prevent More Unannounced Migrant Drop-Offs From Texas
The Chicago City Council passed an ordinance allowing officials to impound buses bringing migrants to the city outside official hours and landing zones. It’s led multiple suburbs to follow in Chicago’s footsteps by passing similar emergency policies.
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Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices, Dec. 28, 2023 - Full Show
Pushback to a second waste facility in West Chicago. How educators and alumni are coming together to help migrant students. And what’s behind an unseasonably warm December.
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At Albany Park Elementary School, Community Rallies Behind Migrant Students and Their Families
“We’re trying to put ourselves in the place of these families,” Haugan Elementary School principal Heather Yutzy said. “If we were in this situation, what would we need for our kids?”
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Chicago Tonight: Black Voices, April 17, 2024 - Full Show
The history of housing segregation. The latest from today’s Chicago City Council meeting. And a new book on the unraveling of America’s suburbs.
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New Book ‘Disillusioned’ Explores Racial Inequity, Tension in American Suburbs
Author Benjamin Herold shares the story of five families, including the Adesina family in Evanston, in “Disillusioned: Five Families and the Unraveling of America’s Suburbs.”
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‘Shame of Chicago, Shame of the Nation’ Delves Into Chicago’s History of Segregated Housing
The new docuseries uses firsthand accounts, archival footage and animation to better explain complex practices like redlining and blockbusting, and how Black families were systemically barred from homeownership.
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Chicago Tonight: Black Voices, April 10, 2024 - Full Show
A look at when Chicago police officers are allowed to use force. And community reaction to the police killing of Dexter Reed following the release of graphic body camera footage.
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Latino Voices
Black Voices
Latino Voices
‘Like Lightning Struck’: Community Marks 60 Years Since the First Division Street Riot, Puerto Rican Rebellion
While events for the community are planned for the entire weekend to celebrate Puerto Rican pride and culture, this year also honors the history of Chicago’s Boricua community — marking the 60-year anniversary of the first Division Street riot.
Read more >Black Voices
Chicago Tonight: Black Voices, June 25, 2025 - Full Show
A new documentary aims to redefine how we look at nature. And local author Luvvie Ajayi Jones wants kids to speak up and make positive change.
Read more >Latino Voices
As Mexico City Prepares to Host World Cup, Residents Say Construction Is Taking a Toll
Residents said the rapid construction is destroying local infrastructure, severing the very pipelines that communities depend on for daily life. For many, the disruptions have come with little warning and even less explanation.
Read more >Black Voices
South Side Residents Voice Gentrification Concerns Ahead of Obama Presidential Center Opening
Despite years of organizing and city ordinances being put in place, rising housing costs and investor activity continue to threaten gentrification in neighborhoods surrounding the Obama Presidential Center.
Read more >
Black Voices
New Columbia College President on Her Vision for the School’s Future
Shantay Bolton was appointed the 11th president and CEO of Columbia College Chicago at what she calls a “pivotal moment” for the school. Bolton, who is the first woman of color to lead the minority-serving institution, inherits a campus that has seen enrollment steadily decline over the last decade.
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From Dancehall to Reggaeton, Exhibit Explores the Power of Music as Protest
The Museum of Contemporary Art is showcasing a new exhibition tracing the visual, political and spiritual origins of popular Caribbean music. Art installations are designed to immerse visitors in sound and movement.
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