A data analysis by WTTW News and the Hyde Park Herald/South Side Weekly found a stark disparity between access to quality nursing home care for Black and white Chicagoans.
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Mapping Chicagoâs Racial Segregation
This is post 1 of 6 in the series “FIRSTHAND: SEGREGATION” This series was produced for WTTW’S FIRSTHAND: SEGREGATION, an award-winning FIRSTHAND multiplatform, multi-year initiative focusing on the firsthand perspectives of people facing critical issues in Chicago. South Side Weekly partnered with WTTW and the Invisible Institute to co-publish text and visual reporting and analysis […]
Best of Chinatown 2021
Best Community Advocacy Organization Best Wall Best Culture Event Best Dessert Best Festivities on Water and Land hen I think of Chinatown, my mind instinctively pictures the bright red gate on South Wentworth Ave. that boldly announces, âWelcome to Chinatownâ in gold italic letters, the two-story outdoor mall that encompasses Chinatown Square, the Nine Dragon […]
Interactive Map of House City Events
ummer in Chicagoâand especially summerâs second actâis magic. By August, the lake is in a Goldilocks zone, perfect for dipping, and languid evenings in the park or backyard are almost humid enough to convince you wind chill never existed. Chicagoans, wise to the ephemerality of such moments, grab hold of summer with both hands: grilling, […]
Chicagoâs Vaccine Disparity Widens
ow that the Cityâs campaign to vaccinate highly vulnerable communities has ended, what progress was made in reducing the vaccination gap between Protect Chicago Plus community areas and the citywide average? An analysis by the Weekly shows that the gap between targeted ZIP codes and the rest of the city has actually increased over time. That […]
Running for the South Side
lmost every Saturday morning, Courtney Phillips heads to 51st and Calumet to lead a group run. Despite the threat of rain on April 10, sixteen peopleâmostly Black and brownâgathered on the large patch of wood chips at 8am outside of Last Lap Cornerstore, one of the very few running-specific stores south of Roosevelt. Phillips adjusted […]
Grocery Store Employees Among Essential Workers Lagging Behind on Vaccines
ur analysis demonstrates that many ZIP Codes on the South Side still have relatively low vaccination rates for first doses, even though a disproportionately large percentage of their residents are essential workers eligible for the vaccine, according to the most recent data on where Chicagoâs workforce resides. The current vaccination Phase, 1b, expanded vaccine eligibility […]
Chicagoâs Winter Homeless Count May Be Inaccurate, Critics Charge
ne of the first things I noticed when I met Ricky Berner were his slippers. They were a soft tan and waffle-knit, with a darker brown strip running along the bottoms and a smiling sloth stitched on the toes. I told him I liked them and asked where he had gotten them. “I don’t know,” […]
The Housing Issue
ast year we couldnât publish our annual Housing Issue due to the uncertainty of COVID-19, but this year we found it appropriate to bring back the special issue and look at housing through the pandemic lens. On January 25, the City of Chicago entered phase 1b of its vaccination plan. The same day, South Side […]
Which Chicagoans Are Getting Vaccinated? A Twitter Bot Updated Daily
n Monday, January 25, the City of Chicago entered phase 1b of its vaccination plan. South Side Weeklyâs open-source Twitter bot, created by Bea Malsky and Charmaine Runes, visualizes relative concentrations of COVID-19 deaths and fully vaccinated residents to date. Our daily tracker pulls data directly from the Chicago Data Portal. The first map illustrates the […]