Welcome to Jackie Taylor's Place
The Black Ensemble Theater’s latest show offers familiar musical pleasures
Development | Environment | Far Southeast Side | Nature
Shoreline Abnormality
An industrial corridor’s past and future, as seen from the waters of the Calumet
Lit Issue 2018 | Stage & Screen
Opening Up
As Young Chicago Authors ages, a new generation of open mics emerges on the South and West Sides
More Than a School
An upcoming book tells the history and traumas of school closings on the South Side
A Man of Substance
Two biographies go beyond symbolism in the life of Harold Washington
Education | History | Lit Issue 2018
Charting a Course
A new history examines the long-overlooked life and work of trailblazing academic Allison Davis
A Poet and Her Platform
National Youth Poet Laureate Pat Frazier on the intersection of her poetry and activism
Architecture | Development | Media | Visual Arts
Saving a Black Aesthetic
How two nonprofits preserved parts of Johnson Publishing
Activism | Features | Police | Politics
The Fight Over Chicago's Largest Private Police Force
Organizers return to challenging the University of Chicago Police Department's practices—this time with a more radical agenda
The Fight to Stay
An innovative new housing cooperative may be a solution for residents to combat Pilsen’s gentrification
Their Body, Their Choice
A new interactive play challenges us to think about teen abortion differently
Bridgeport | Education | Visual Arts
Bridgeport Elementary Schoolers Map Their Neighborhood
Educators with the Hull-House Museum work with Armour students to consider their community
Nature | Stage & Screen | Visual Arts
Sites for Leisure, Sites of Danger
Artists and activists discuss reclaiming parkland as a public space
Sitting With Gwendolyn
A new sculpture will be unveiled to celebrate the life and work of Gwendolyn Brooks
Shimer College Leaves the South Side
An uncertain future for the small, strange Great Books school
Growing Neighborhoods
An art exhibit connects local goals and larger climate problems
Activism | Politics | Religion
Bailing Believers Out
Organizers frame cash bond abolition as a Muslim issue
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