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María Inés Zamudio

Bad Mexicans book
‘Bad Mexicans’ highlights the immigrants who started the Mexican Revolution
By María Inés Zamudio  and Dan Tucker
 
Douglass Park music festival protest
Race, Class & Communities
Residents near Douglass Park want a voice in permits for big music festivals
By María Inés Zamudio
 
graphic of money coming out of faucet
Race, Class & Communities
Chicaguenses: ¿No pueden pagar el servicio de agua? Aquí está lo que necesitan saber
By María Inés Zamudio
 
A semi truck drives down 31st Street in Little Village
Chicago
Zonas críticas de contaminación atmosférica en Chicago: Nueva Red de sensores revela disparidades en la calidad del aire entre vecindarios.
By Smarth Gupta , Dillon Bergin , and 3 more
 
In this Thursday, March 28, 2019 photo, Wanda Gomez, a survivor of domestic violence, shows her tattoo that reads "No More Domestic Violence," while standing in her in Miami, Fla., home.
Race, Class & Communities
Immigrant women in Chicago face unique challenges to overcoming domestic violence
By María Inés Zamudio
 
A semi truck drives down 31st Street in Little Village
Environment & Public Health
Chicagoans who live near heavy-traffic corridors are breathing the most polluted air
By Smarth Gupta , Dillon Bergin , and 3 more
 
Chicago water department workers
Race, Class & Communities
Mayor Lightfoot will introduce a measure that bans privatizing Chicago’s waterworks
By María Inés Zamudio
 
water debt resource guide
Race, Class & Communities
Chicagoans, can’t afford your water bills? Here's what you need to know.
By María Inés Zamudio
 
Jae Rice at Transgender Day of Visibility rally
Race, Class & Communities
Transgender Day of Visibility turns somber as participants mourn the murders of Black trans women
By María Inés Zamudio
 
Kwame Raoul
Race, Class & Communities
Lawmakers accuse Will County of violating state law and ask the attorney general to intervene
By María Inés Zamudio
 
Immigrant detention facility
A Mexican immigrant is challenging a law criminalizing people who reenter the U.S. illegally
By María Inés Zamudio
 
Norberto Navarro rally
Race, Class & Communities
Activists demand the release of a Chicago immigrant being held at the Will County jail
By María Inés Zamudio
 
Carla Wong
Race, Class & Communities
The Mexican Consulate in Chicago takes a big step toward affirming the gender identity of trans women
By María Inés Zamudio
 
water department worker
Race, Class & Communities
Black neighborhoods in Chicago have water debt 10 times higher than white areas
By María Inés Zamudio
 
Vicente Fernandez throws his head back as he sings
Race, Class & Communities
Mexican singer Vicente Fernández held a special connection to Chicago
By María Inés Zamudio
 
Pritzker stands at a church podium
Race, Class & Communities
Gov. Pritzker announces a $42 million effort to help Illinois residents with water debt
By María Inés Zamudio
 
Water Department
Chicago
After Price Hikes, Thousands In Chicago Are Without Water
Over the past decade, the cost of water in Chicago has tripled, causing over 150,000 water shutoffs since 2007, mostly in low-income, mostly black and mostly Latino neighborhoods.
By María Inés Zamudio
 
Illustration showing bills floating in water
WBEZ Investigations
How WBEZ analyzed water debt in Chicago
By Matt Kiefer  and María Inés Zamudio