Comics Issue 2019 | Features | Food
Church Business
Sanctuary Cafe was supposed to be a much-needed space for the marginalized, but it lasted just two years. What went wrong?
A Church in Limbo: Vying for St. Adalbert’s Future
What the fight to save one Pilsen landmark says about how the Archdiocese closes churches
Una iglesia en el limbo: la carrera por el futuro de San Adalberto
Lo que la lucha por salvar los monumentos históricos de Pilsen dice de cómo la Arquidiócesis cierra iglesias.
Photo Essay | Pilsen | Religion
Pilsen’s Via Crucis: Tradition Amid Change
This annual reenactment of Jesus’s last days, involving all the neighborhood’s Catholic churches, is one of Chicago’s largest
Churches in Pilsen
Illustrating the close ties of the neighborhood’s Catholic communities
Development | Features | History | Politics | Woodlawn
Where Are You Going, Woodlawn?
At a community celebration, residents and visitors consider the neighborhood’s next chapter
Development | Features | History
The Fight to Remain
A new affordable housing complex at 63rd and Cottage Grove has Woodlawn’s low-income residents wondering about their place in the neighborhood
Development | Features | Woodlawn
On the Corner
At the intersection of 63rd & Cottage Grove, developers are shaping Woodlawn’s future by curating its past
Op-Ed: Rent Control as Freedom from Violence
How protections against rising rents can help survivors of violence
Building Fellowship in Beverly
Small businesses find ways to recreate the Main Street feeling
Tying the Green New Deal to Environmental Justice on the South Side
At a meeting in Brighton Park, the growing youth-led national Sunrise Movement made a case to local organizers
Local Businesses Cash In on Black Chicago Festivals But Won’t Back Them
The Silver Room and the Chosen Few DJs talk logistics, cost, and reciprocity
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
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
Facing Fate
'The Area' is a complex, issue-driven documentary analyzing the erasure of a neighborhood, and shining a light on the meaning of community
Between Reform and Retribution
Stateville Calling looks at one man's fight against a failed justice system
A Symbol of Healing
An art exhibit from the Chicago Torture Justice Memorials showcases proposals for the final piece of promised reparations
An Education in City Planning
Students at Lindblom Math and Science Academy make no small plans for improving their city
Hospital Withdrawal
In Chicago, many people with opioid use disorder avoid going to the hospital for fear of becoming dopesick
Development | Environmental Justice | Little Village
Tax Breaks for Hilco, Diesel Trucks for Little Village
Aldermen vote to save an industrial developer some $20 million
Ice Breakers
A West Side hockey program encourages kids to overcome barriers on and off the ice
The Sonic Chemistry of Isaiah Collier
The saxophonist talks to the Weekly about his new album and musical déjà vu
Bridgeport | Development | Politics
A Starbucks is Born
Bridgeport residents protest the forthcoming coffee chain
Features | History | Parks | South Shore
