LX Taking Healthcare to Those Who Need It the Most Healthcare can be expensive and hard to figure out in the best of times. But when you’re experiencing homelessness, good luck! That’s why The Night Ministry hits the streets daily, bringing free health care to the streets of Chicago and the most vulnerable.
LX After Her Son Was Murdered, This Mom Decided To Act Determined to seek justice after her son’s death, Rosilyn Temple was determined to improve the relationship between local families and the police. So, she founded the nonprofit “Kansas City Mothers in Charge” to help families who have lost children to homicide.
LX How One Chicago Organization Is Helping Migrants Being Bussed In From the Border As another surge of migrants and asylum seekers cross the U.S. – Mexico border, cities along the border and sanctuary cities across the country are preparing for an influx of people. Chicago has been welcoming migrants from Texas since August. Since then, organizations like Erie Neighborhood House have been working to make sure the Second City feels like home.
LX They Play for the World's First Organized Openly-Gay Soccer Club and Don't Feel Welcome at This Year's World Cup. Founded in 1980, the New York Ramblers soccer club began with a simple ad inviting gay men to join a team that would be a safe space for those who loved the sport. Now 42 years later, some Ramblers say the decision to hold the World Cup in a country that criminalizes homosexuality is an affront to players everywhere.
water why We Need Clean Drinking Water To Survive, So Why Do Poorer Communities Often Go Without It? Most of America has access to clean and safe drinking water right from the tap. But the water supply in communities of color is much more likely to be unhealthy or even dangerous. And according to the man who has studied the issue for decades, it’s a problem connected to our nation’s history of systemic racism and segregation.
Fashion How to Avoid Culturally Appropriated Fashion Cultural appropriation is using someone else’s culture without respect, and often involves profiting off that culture while ignoring its traditions. LX News contributor Michelle Park spoke to several people in the fashion industry about appropriation, and they share their thoughts on how you can be a better consumer.
Immigration Thousands of Migrants Are Being Transported North to Democrat-Led Cities Two planes of about 50 migrants arrived in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts on Wednesday night from Florida, by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Massachusetts officials say the planes initially came from Texas. DeSantis’ move is just one of many by Republican governors to send migrants elsewhere in the U.S. in what they consider to be a failure of the Biden Administration’s border...
abortion The Impacts of Living in a Post-Roe America Roe v. Wade was overturned, so what happens now? The doors of thousands of abortion clinics are now closed, but the impacts of this historic decision go far beyond access to abortion services. LX News Visual Storyteller Jalyn Henderson breaks down the legal, social and economic impacts we may say as we continue to live in a Post-Roe America.
Education Black Educators Enter the Field with a Passion for Teaching. But Burnout is Driving them Out. As the nation grapples with a teacher shortage, studies are showing that educators of color, specifically Black teachers, are more likely to leave. A survey by DonorsChoose, a nonprofit for teachers, found that only 55% of Black male teachers reported that they plan to still teach in 10 years, compared to 64% of White male teachers, and 66% of Latino...
Student Debt What Biden's Loan Forgiveness Means for the U.S. Racial Wealth Divide A study from the Federal Reserve shows that almost one-third of Black families carry student loan debt. The study also shows that almost one-fifth of Hispanic families also carry student loan debt. Andre Perry, a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution joins LX News to discuss how the student debt crisis affects the racial wealth gap in America.
