Sitting With Gwendolyn
A new sculpture will be unveiled to celebrate the life and work of Gwendolyn Brooks
Illuminating Gwendolyn Brooks
A new short documentary explores the life, legacy, and impact of the revered poet and writer
Bringing House Home
Chicago’s 2018 House Music Festival celebrated its roots in the city’s Black, brown, and LGBTQ communities
Growing Neighborhoods
An art exhibit connects local goals and larger climate problems
Tax Credit Scholarships Don't Add Up, Panelists Argue
Activists and scholars say new Illinois scholarship program will weaken public schools
Redlining Remembered
A new memoir wrestles with a familial history of racism and redlining
We Got Power, and We Got Love
The Chicago Torture Justice Center honors the mothers of police torture survivors
Why Won't Chicago Say What It's Offering Amazon?
Transparency activist Freddy Martinez on his lawsuit against City Hall
Features | Food | Politics | Woodlawn
God's Little Acres
First Presbyterian Church has fostered community gardens since the nineteenth century. Its now-former pastor nearly put an end to that.
Agriculture | Features | Food | Politics
A Lot to Lose
After the near-sale of a community garden in West Englewood, questions arise about what it takes for gardens on the South Side to stay afloat.
Stewards For the Land
Some of the farmers behind the city’s newer generation of cooperative farms
A City Built on Sludge
An ambitious book chronicles the early years of the South and West Sides’ sewage systems
A New Home for Home Movies
Digital archive immortalizes film footage of family life on the South Side
The Living Legacy of the Pullman Porters
The Pullman Porter Museum renews its push for a national registry
Interviews | Music | Radio
Know Me More
For artist-abolitionist Ric Wilson, Black art need not be bad or sad
Interviews | Music | Radio
Singing Since She Can Remember
Jazz singer Tracye Eileen on her unusual career path
Remembering the Riots, Fifty Years Later
Artists and activists explore the question of how much Chicago, and the Chicago police, have changed since 1968
Reassessing Fritz Kaegi's Victory
The factors that could impede reform to Cook County’s assessment system
Development | Environment | Far Southeast Side | Politics
Planning Beyond Pollution
After manganese regulations, Southeast Side residents push to reconsider the neighborhood’s manufacturing zoning
Mango and Maki on 26th Street
Japanese-Brazilian cuisine finds an audience in Little Village
A Cuban Food Haven
Grilled steak, seasoned veggies, and some of the best café con leche ever
Education | Features | Politics