The article highlights Puerto Rico Town’s efforts to preserve culture, combat gentrification, and expand affordable housing through advocacy.
Commentary: An agenda that promotes affordable housing around Humboldt Park
How to Ease the Migration Crisis: End US Economic Sanctions, on CounterPunch
W. T. Whitney on CounterPunch discusses Juan González's new report, "The Current Migrant Crisis: How U.S. Policy Toward Latin America Has Fueled Historic Numbers of Asylum Seekers," whilst providing additional news contents related to the issue.
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Juan González on Democracy Now!: U.S. “Economic Warfare” Targeting Venezuela, Cuba & Nicaragua Fuels Migrant Crisis
Juan González, on Democracy Now!, discusses his new report on "The Current Migrant Crisis," about how U.S. policy toward Latin America has fueled historic numbers of asylum seekers. He argues U.S. "economic warfare" against countries like Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela is what motivates many migrants to risk the journey north. "We're seeing this enormous increase from these three countries. What do all these three countries have in common? They are all being subjected to United States sanctions," says González. "The sanctions are reducing the ability of people to survive in the region, and then we're surprised by all these people appearing at the border."
U.S. Policy Toward Latin America Fueling Historic Numbers of Asylum Seekers.
This report outlines evidence that U.S. economic warfare against Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua is a significant cause of the latest migration surge.
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Teresa Cordova on Adelante Chicago, talking about the Great Cities Institute’s new Latino Research Initiative (LRI)
Teresa Cordova on Adelante Chicago, talking about the Great Cities Institute's new Latino Research Initiative (LRI).
Chicago-Based Research Initiative Wants to Provide Data and Insight Around a Growing Latino Population
"The Great Cities Institute has poured research into Latino communities with reports spanning the impact of COVID to gentrification. So, it seemed natural to put their efforts together to create the Latino Research Initiative. The goal is to become a data hub for community groups, policy-makers and others."
From WTTW News
.Chicago’s migrant crisis tied to U.S. foreign policy
Juan González is senior fellow at the Great Cities Institute at the University of Illinois Chicago. He recently sat down with WBEZ’s Esther Yoon-Ji Kang to discuss how U.S. foreign policy is key to understanding why migrants flee to the city and what more Chicago and Washington should do for immigrants.
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New Great Cities Institute Report – “Chicago’s 2023 Mayoral Race: A Progressive Victory Amidst Shocking Low Turnout by Black and Latino Voters.”
Brandon Johnson’s election this past April as Chicago’s new mayor has been hailed across the country as an electrifying victory by progressive Democrats. But a detailed analysis of vote tallies and turnout conducted by Juan González and Matthew Wilson of the Great Cities Institute finds “a startling gap in voter turnout continues to persist along racial and ethnic lines” in Chicago.
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Report – “Latinos in the Suburbs: Challenges & Opportunities”
This report provides a multi-faceted analysis of Latinos living in the Chicago suburbs. More than 50% of the Illinois Latino population lives in the municipalities and counties surrounding Chicago. The report examines their general opportunities and hardships, how they fare, and the gaps in opportunities and hardships compared to their non-Latino counterparts.
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A novel plan to recycle Chicago’s wastewater could prevent a future water crisis
The Freshwater Lab, in partnership with UIC’s Great Cities Institute, has a proposed solution: Supply industrial sites with treated wastewater, while reserving drinking water for the taps that really need it — those running into homes, health care facilities and other places that require potable water (Report titled, "From Waste to Water: A Framework for Sustainable Freshwater Supply in Northeastern Illinois"). This will help meet the area’s drinking water needs, will divert wastewater out of our rivers and will help support industrial economic growth in northern Illinois.