Reporter Roundtable: Reopening Schools and COVID’s Effects on Under Reported Communities

As of August 3, 2020, the Illinois Department of Public Health says there are nearly 182-thousand confirmed COVID-19 cases. The death toll now stands at 7,517. The 21st is joined by two reporters from Illinois to check-in with some under reported communities about the effects of COVID-19 and how they’re reacting to back to school plans.

Guests:

Leslie Hurtado, Community Reporter for the Cisero Independiente, author of "Spanish Speakers with COVID-19 Left in the Dark About Their Care"

Yana Kunichoff, Reporter for the Chalkbeat Chicago, author of "Can Chicago find its missing students in time for fall?" and "Chicago schools agreed to pay school police officers full salary and pensions. That’s now under review."

Prepared for web by Zainab Qureshi

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