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The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

Workers at Project Vida test residents of Little Village for Covid-19. The testing is available to everyone no matter their immigration status. // Trabajadores en Project Vida realizan pruebas de COVID-19 para residentes de La Villita. Las pruebas son disponibles para todos, sin importar su estatus migratorio.

Pruebas gratis de COVID-19 y HIV serán realizadas en Pilsen

El Museo Nacional de Arte Mexicano (NMMA), CALOR y la organización Community Organized Relief Effort(CORE) o Esfuerzo de Ayuda Comunitaria, están colaborando para ofrecer pruebas gratuitas de COVID-19...

Workers at Project Vida test residents of Little Village for Covid-19. The testing is available to everyone no matter their immigration status. // Trabajadores en Project Vida realizan pruebas de COVID-19 para residentes de La Villita. Las pruebas son disponibles para todos, sin importar su estatus migratorio.

Free COVID-19, HIV tests offered in Pilsen

Nadia Carolina Hernandez, Former Editor in Chief July 14, 2020

The National Museum of Mexican Art (NMMA), CALOR, and Community Organized Relief Effort (CORE) are partnering to offer free COVID-19 and HIV testing Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the NMMA location...

Los trabajadores del Proyecto Vida hacen pruebas de Covid-19 a los residentes de La Villita. La prueba está disponible para todos, sin importar su estatus migratorio.

Cómo organizaciones de Chicago están proveyendo alivio del COVID-19 a inmigrantes y refugiados

Erika Pérez, La DePaulia Managing Editor June 9, 2020

Covid-19 ha traído una gran cantidad de estrés y preocupación a los latinos– dejando a muchos sin empleo. Pero algunas organizaciones han podido proveer un alivio a familias latinas que se encuentran...

Un hombre camina en la acera junto a un mural, durante la pandemia COVID-19 en el barrio de Pilsen de Chicago.

Los latinos tienen el porcentaje más alto de casos COVID-19: ¿A qué se debe?

Erika Pérez, La DePaulia Managing Editor May 13, 2020

El miedo de buscar atención médica, la falta de distanciamiento social, y no poder trabajar desde el hogar son algunas de las razones que causa que la comunidad latina sea la raza con más casos de coronavirus.  El...

Don Arnulfo Tovar Ruiz camina frente a su carrito de comida en el barrio de Pilsen. Tovar Ruiz gana entre 10-20 dólares por día.

Comunidad de Chicago se une a recaudar fondos para vendedor de elotes

Maria Guerrero, La DePaulia Managing Editor February 4, 2020

La comunidad de Chicago recauda más de $10 mil para ayudar a un vendedor local de elotes a pagar sus gastos médicos y vivienda después de que su vecina creara una página de 'GoFundMe'. Laura Delgado,...

Censo 2020: El Miedo de ‘Ser Contado’ en la Comunidad Latina

Censo 2020: El Miedo de ‘Ser Contado’ en la Comunidad Latina

Lissi Nuñez January 21, 2020

Una inversión necesaria por parte de la ciudad de Chicago podría impactar la vida de muchos-- y esto depende hasta de los residentes llenos de temor por ser notados y ‘contados.’ Al principio...

Pilsen has seen the opening of trendy spots that invite people with a higher income, including Pinwheel Records which opened in 2015.

Pilsen proposes historic landmark to slow gentrification

Gianfranco Ocampo May 20, 2019

Gentrification across Chicago could potentially slow down in the Pilsen neighborhood. On Thursday, May 16, the Chicago Landmarks Commissioners voted unanimously to recommend a proposal to turn a 1.5-mile...

Murals in Pilsen bring neighbors together to fight the influx of outside development. Activists say the identity of the neighborhood is at stake, in addition to local businesses who are being displaced.  (Photo courtesy of Creative Commons)

Pilsen community fight gentrification with murals

Olivia Mohseni May 17, 2015

[slideshow_deploy id='11998'] On a cold and gloomy morning earlier this year, Chicagoans protested the gentrification of the Pilsen neighborhood.  Signs were taped to the front of the hip new coffee...

Anamanaguchi plays Emporium Beercade. Left: Attendees play pinball before the show. (Kirsten Onsgard / The DePaulia)

Recap: VIA Festival 2014 brings host of rare experiences

Kirsten Onsgard and Kevin Quin October 5, 2014

Though festival season may be over for most music lovers, VIA Festival 2014 brought a host of rare experiences that made standing in line in the bitter cold well worth the wait. Unlike typical festival...

Every year, Professor Euan Hague (pictured above, center) leads students in his Geography 133 course to the Pilsen neighborhood to study the effects of gentrification. Hague and professor Winifred Curran have compiled over 10 years of data to this point. (Photo courtesy of Euan Hague)

DePaul geography class offers students firsthand look at gentrification in Pilsen

Gracie Covarrubias September 28, 2014

Every spring, Professor Euan Hague leads a group of 25 DePaul students to learn about the phenomenon known as gentrification by delving deep into the Pilsen neighborhood, a neighborhood that has been...

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