Last year, Frida Arellano came to Arcola, Ill., from Texas with her family to find work in the area’s agricultural fields. The job left her fami
Read MoreJoin us for Illinois Humanities' second installment of the Latino Americans: 500 Years of History series, “The Long Journey Home.” This panel discu
Read MoreEach summer, hundreds of seasonal workers leave their homes in Texas and Mexico and travel more than 1,000 miles north to work in the corn fields of c
Read MorePam G. Dempsey/CU-CitizenAccess -- Community groups are working this month and next to help local immigrants get a driver’s license after a new bill w
Read MoreCU-CitizenAccess.org has won the 2012 Peter Lisagor Award for its collaborative project with Hoy Chicago looking at changing demographics and racial i
Read MoreThe C-U Immigration Forum organized a candelight vigil and march in Champaign, Ill. this week to show support for Comprehensive Immigration Reform.
Read MoreCU-CitizenAccess.org has won a national investigative journalism award for its collaborative project with Hoy Chicago looking at changing demographics
Read MoreOur collaborative work with Hoy Chicago in last year’s Midwest Chronicles gained high honors recently. The project took a look at the deep demograp
Read MoreA delegation of immigration experts from Russia are scheduled to visit Champaign-Urbana this week through the US-Russia Civil Society Partnership Prog
Read MoreBy Sean Powers/Illinois Public Media -- There are only a handful of places that Urbana resident Marcela Guillen will drive to – the fast-food restaura
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