Many poorer neighborhoods struggle to access healthy food, and that's gotten worse during the pandemic and protests. On Chicago’s South Side, many grocery stores have been looted or remain closed, and residents are struggling to reach other options. WBEZ
were also targets of looting this week. A spokesperson for Target said"like many businesses, we are making the decision to reduce hours or temporarily close stores for the safety of team members and guests." She said most closures will only be temporary.
Pharmacies such as Walgreens had to temporarily close many of their Chicago locations. According to the company's website, more than 55 stores were closed, with most of those located downtown and the South Side. A spokesperson for CVS said nearly 24 Chicago-area stores are still closed, but the company reopened more than a dozen today.
The city-wide damage has also brought a level of uncertainty to the city's plan to ease COVID-19 restrictions. On Tuesday,"You see all this loss around you," the mayor said."These are businesses that had been gearing up to open tomorrow, but were instead cleaning up debris, sweeping broken glass and trying to tally the inventory that had been stolen from them.Activists held an outdoor food pantry on Tuesday at Burke Elementary School in Washington Park on the South Side.
"We decided that if the state was not going to do what was needed in order to support black people, in this moment, then we as a community, we felt like it was our duty."
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