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How will Biden’s infrastructure plans affect gentrification in Pilsen?

by melineh | Jun 9, 2021 | Good Question

By Melina Chalkia, Medill, Immigrant Connect              June 2021      After her parents relocated from Mexico to Pilsen in the early 1950s, Victoria Romero found the place she calls home. She feels that the Pilsen community where she’s now lived her whole...

How should international students plan for or adapt to policy changes?

by sarahameadow | Jun 3, 2021 | Good Question, Problems with Papers

By Sarah Meadow, Medill, Immigrant Connect                              June 2021 Bengi Rwabuhemba was a quarter away from finishing her freshman year at Northwestern University. She had finals to finish before returning to her home in Eswatini, formerly known as...

How do the South Asian communities in the U.S. feel about the Biden administration’s handling of the covid crisis in India?

by lunden | Jun 3, 2021 | Good Question

By Lunden Mason, Medill, Immigrant Connect              June 2021             I return home to my college apartment in Evanston, Illinois, after visiting my family, feeling hopeful about the state of the world. I’d been fully vaccinated, as had all of my family...

How will Biden’s policies affect DACA students’ access to higher education?

by kenagy | Jun 3, 2021 | Good Question

 By Isabelle Kenagy, Medill, Immigrant Connect  June 2021                      Evelyn Venegas recalls sitting in her Chicago Public School college counselor’s office contemplating her future and knowing college was a priority. “My counselor looked at me and said,...

How will the 2020 census and redistricting affect Chinese American communities?

by jane | Jun 3, 2021 | Good Question

By Jane Greeley, Medill, Immigrant Connect              June 2021                As Lunar New Year 2020 approached, Christine Chen felt optimistic about the census. As the Executive Director of APIAVote, she had been part of a strategic planning process that involved...

Yes, Black people deserve reparations, but — who gets a piece of the pie?

by amirah | Jun 3, 2021 | Good Question, Identity

By Amirah Ford, Medill, Immigrant Connect        June 2021                                      Memorial Day weekend 2021 marks 100 years since the Tulsa Race Massacre — when white mobs robbed, beat and murdered Black people in Tulsa, Okla. in 1921. The horror left...
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