Jan 21, 2025 · Community newspaper by and for Chicago's South Side. Arts, Culture, Politics. Est. 2013.

Dec 17, 2024 · This story was co-published with The TRiiBE. On Monday, the City Council passed Mayor Brandon Johnson’s proposed 2025 budget in a 27–23 vote. It was the Johnson administration’s fourth budget proposal this season, which began with the mayor initially proposing a $300 million property tax increase, followed by a $150 million tax increase, and most recently, a $68.5 million property tax ...

Oct 29, 2024 · Nearly half of $75 million in federal funds paid for CPD personnel, training, and equipment.

Jan 12, 2024 · Black children make up nearly sixty percent of missing person cases in Chicago, but police data make them hard to analyze.

Dec 23, 2024 · A group of stakeholders discussed alternatives, but ultimately recommended ShotSpotter stay until a replacement could be found.

Dec 26, 2023 · The immigrant enclave was once isolated and excluded from city politics. How did Chicago Chinatown’s community leaders transform the neighborhood?

Feb 25, 2022 · Originally intended to replace overcrowded, deeply impoverished neighborhoods, Chicago’s midcentury public housing developments initially offered significantly better living conditions to residents, and for a time were, as author Dawn Turner told the South Side Weekly, “bastions” of stability that “conferred dignity on the residents.” But subsequent decades of disinvestment and ...

Jan 21, 2025 · All immigrants in the U.S. have rights, including the right to remain silent. Here’s what you should know if you encounter federal immigration agents.

Nov 7, 2024 · Many of us know about the Harlem Globetrotters, a South Side all-Black basketball team, and Abe Saperstein, its Jewish, Chicago-based promoter. The Globetrotters had its impetus at Bronzeville’s Wendell Phillips High School (now William Phillips Academy High School) and went on to become a worldwide sensation that entertained millions. Saperstein championed the three-point shot, a staple in ...

Jul 18, 2024 · Last weekend, Miche Fest returned to the South Side, putting international stars side by side with local vendors, DJs, and artists. More than 10,000 people attended the festival each day, setting a festival record, according to a spokesperson. For its sixth year, the festival—named in homage to micheladas, the spicy Mexican drink—moved from Pilsen’s Harrison Park to Oakwood Beach in ...