ENRIQUE GÓMEZ IS a 22-year-old first-generation American living in the Boystown neighborhood of Chicago. His…
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GUADALUPE PALACIOS: ‘I’m Chicana, does that make sense?’
BEING A TEACHER IS one of the toughest jobs. Guadalupe Palacios, 26, is an elementary…
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NOEL SANTIAGO: ‘I’ve never heard the term Latinx’
BORN AND RAISED in Chicago, Noel Santiago is a 32-year-old police officer at the Chicago…
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MARCELO CAPLAN: ‘Self-identification is the most important thing’
BORN IN BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Marcelo Caplan is an electrical engineer by trade, and a…
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Black-owned collective puts on their first fashion show in Pilsen
During the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, 20-year-old Kennedy Freeman decided to create HourNine in…
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TANIA MANRIQUE: ‘Latinx is fine if that’s how someone chooses to identify as’
BORN IN MICHOACÁN, Mexico, Tania Manrique was a resource specialist at a non-profit organization. “I’m…
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JOSÉ OLIN: ‘Why Latinx? It’s just broad, and there’s Latino’
BORN IN SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras, José Olin is a retired handyman residing in Humboldt…
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Streaming services dominate movie theater industry, local Chicago theaters respond
As streaming services dominate headlines, local Chicago theaters are doing what they can to attract…