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COVID-19 Inequities in Chicago

Investigating Inequity Amid the Pandemic

ProPublica’s Midwest reporters examine the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on Chicago’s most vulnerable communities, including the disproportionate deaths among Black people living on the city’s West and South Sides, the treatment of temporary and factory workers, the isolation of seniors in public and subsidized housing, and the spike in opioid overdoses.

Two ProPublica Projects Named Finalists for Driehaus Awards

by ProPublica,

Opioid Overdoses Keep Surging in Chicago, Killing Black People on the West Side

by Duaa Eldeib and Melissa Sanchez,

Senior Citizens in Subsidized Housing Have Been Dying Alone at Home, Unnoticed Because of Coronavirus Distancing

by Mick Dumke and Haru Coryne,

Overdose Deaths Have Skyrocketed in Chicago, and the Coronavirus Pandemic May Be Making It Worse

by Melissa Sanchez and Duaa Eldeib,

COVID-19 Took Black Lives First. It Didn’t Have To.

by Duaa Eldeib, Adriana Gallardo, Akilah Johnson, Annie Waldman, Nina Martin, Talia Buford and Tony Briscoe,

In Chicago, Urban Density May Not Be to Blame for the Spread of the Coronavirus

by Haru Coryne, ProPublica Illinois,

What Happens When the Workers Who Make Hand Soap Get COVID-19? They Protest.

by Melissa Sanchez,

At Least 19 Children at a Chicago Shelter for Immigrant Detainees Have Tested Positive for COVID-19

by Melissa Sanchez,

“Essential” Factory Workers Are Afraid to Go to Work and Can’t Afford to Stay Home

by Melissa Sanchez,