South Side Weekly

January 7, 2020January 16, 2020

Discovering Nancy Hays

An unsung Hyde Park photographer begins to get her due

By Christian Belanger

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Families Left Out in the Cold by Catholic Charities

Questions remain about whether the closures were avoidable

By Jacqueline Serrato

Possible Landscapes

The future of the Calumet and South Chicago region will have to contend with its infrastructure and layered history

By Ava Tomasula y Garcia and Belt Magazine

Education is the Journey

The Odyssey Project brings world-class opportunities to Chicagoans who need it most

By Morley Musick

Queering the Curriculum

Making LGBTQ history visible in the classroom

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December 10, 2019January 10, 2020

Organizing for Justice In—And Beyond—Chicago

A historic civil rights group refounds as a national organization

By Ashish Valentine

December 10, 2019January 10, 2020

The Multitudes of Broadway Muse

Broadway Muse’s journey to rap and more

By Clare McCloskey

December 10, 2019January 10, 2020

Visions of Justice Through Jazz

South Side Community Art Center exhibit draws connections between jazz and visual art

By Amelia Diehl

November 19, 2019December 11, 2019

Present and Past

How we commemorate the race riots of 1919

By Marin Scott

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Fifty Years of Fred Hampton’s Rainbow Coalition

A look back on how multiracial Chicago-style coalition building has influenced organizing to this day
By Jacqueline Serrato
Never Can You Compensate Nobody for Their Life

The path to reparations and remembrance for Chicago’s police torture survivors
By Ashvini Kartik-Narayan and Maddie Anderson
Church Business

Sanctuary Cafe was supposed to be a much-needed space for the marginalized, but it lasted just two years. What went wrong?
By Helena Duncan
On the Corner

At the intersection of 63rd & Cottage Grove, developers are shaping Woodlawn’s future by curating its past
By Max Budovitch

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October 15, 2019October 31, 2019

Op-Ed: A Bad Law Must Be Broken

Why the possible Chicago teachers’ strike is about so much more than pay and benefits

By Dave Stieber

July 24, 2019September 14, 2019

Op-Ed: Celebrating Pride on the South Side

The Pride South Side festival provided a space for queer youth of color to find community

By Nathan Petithomme

June 4, 2019September 14, 2019

Op-Ed: Rent Control as Freedom from Violence

How protections against rising rents can help survivors of violence

By Tommie Lewis, Krystle Trevino, Roxy Pelagio, Vivien Tsou and H Kapp-Klote

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May 21, 2019

A Space of His Own

The decade Richard Wright spent in Chicago was packed with life transitions and centered by his initiation into becoming a Chicago writer

By Kristen Jere Simmons

May 21, 2019

Money, Money, Money: Thirteen Takeaways From Chicago’s Historic Election

Dollar for dollar, Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot spent less than half as much as Toni Preckwinkle to clinch her landslide victory

By Matt Kiefer, Asraa Mustufa, La Risa Lynch and Josh McGhee

May 21, 2019

The Last Days of Rezkoville’s Purgatory

A long-empty swath of land south of the Loop is the latest site of a planned mega-development

By Ryan Smith

May 8, 2019May 9, 2019

The Playground

Robeson-themed games and activities for folks of all ages

By Lizzie Smith

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