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Youth Parole. Art Credit: Cam Collins

Op-Ed: The In-between

New parole laws for people convicted as young adults won’t offer relief retroactively, leaving many caught in a legal purgatory

by Phillip Hartsfield
June 29, 2021July 23, 2021

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CPS unceremoniously lays off 443 educators, including those in the arts, dual language, and special education departments

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At the end of the school year, CPS unceremoniously laid off 443 educators, including those in the arts, dual language, and special education departments. According to @ctulocal1, the large majority of these cuts occurred in underserved communities including North Lawndale, Little Village, and Englewood, which were also disproportionately affected by COVID-19 and where, in North Lawndale, three neighborhood schools were targeted for closure just last year. SSW Contributor @lilyylev writes about the layoffs in the 7/22 issue of the Weekly. Read more on our website at the linktree in our bio, or find a copy nearby using our distribution map! 🎨: @mellmakesart

At the end of the school year, CPS unceremoniously laid off 443 educators, including those in the arts, dual language, and special education departments.

According to @ctulocal1, the large majority of these cuts occurred in underserved communities including North Lawndale, Little Village, and Englewood, which were also disproportionately affected by COVID-19 and where, in North Lawndale, three neighborhood schools were targeted for closure just last year.

SSW Contributor @lilyylev writes about the layoffs in the 7/22 issue of the Weekly. Read more on our website at the linktree in our bio, or find a copy nearby using our distribution map!

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Auburn Gresham residents are grappling with the City’s vision for development on 79th Street through the Invest South/West initiative. Auburn Gresham is one of ten neighborhoods emphasized by Invest South/West, Mayor Lightfoot’s citywide development initiative meant to reinvigorate key commercial corridors across Chicago’s South and West sides. The plan offers $750 million public dollars of reinvestment to economically abandoned communities in hopes that public development will catalyze private development, and that the mix of public & private investing will create generative commercial corridors. SSW Contributor Jonathan Dale writes about the community engagement challenge of Invest South/West in the 7/22 issue of South Side Weekly! Pick up a free copy around Chicago today, or read it on our website at the link in our bio. 🎨: @shanetolentin0

Auburn Gresham residents are grappling with the City’s vision for development on 79th Street through the Invest South/West initiative.

Auburn Gresham is one of ten neighborhoods emphasized by Invest South/West, Mayor Lightfoot’s citywide development initiative meant to reinvigorate key commercial corridors across Chicago’s South and West sides. The plan offers $750 million public dollars of reinvestment to economically abandoned communities in hopes that public development will catalyze private development, and that the mix of public & private investing will create generative commercial corridors.

SSW Contributor Jonathan Dale writes about the community engagement challenge of Invest South/West in the 7/22 issue of South Side Weekly! Pick up a free copy around Chicago today, or read it on our website at the link in our bio.

🎨: @shanetolentin0 ...

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“Fining and locking up families, or locking up youth, or arresting them is essentially contributing to more pain, more hurt.” 15th Ward Alderperson Raymond Lopez proposed stiff fines and mandatory counseling for youth caught with weed, alcohol, or guns. Youth charged with crimes related to staying out past curfew, intoxication, selling alcohol, possession of cannabis, hosting parties where alcohol is consumed by minors, possession of firearms, and assisting minors' engagement in the listed behaviors would be fined $1,000 dollars and referred to mandatory family counseling, with an additional $1,500 fine if they don't pay or attend counseling. @uchicagocrown's Samantha Guz and Durrell Malik Washington Sr. write on Lopez's ordinance in the 7/22 issue of South Side Weekly! Pick up a copy around Chicago for free today, or read more at the link in our bio. 🎨: @haleytweedell

“Fining and locking up families, or locking up youth, or arresting them is essentially contributing to more pain, more hurt.”

15th Ward Alderperson Raymond Lopez proposed stiff fines and mandatory counseling for youth caught with weed, alcohol, or guns. Youth charged with crimes related to staying out past curfew, intoxication, selling alcohol, possession of cannabis, hosting parties where alcohol is consumed by minors, possession of firearms, and assisting minors' engagement in the listed behaviors would be fined $1,000 dollars and referred to mandatory family counseling, with an additional $1,500 fine if they don't pay or attend counseling.

@uchicagocrown's Samantha Guz and Durrell Malik Washington Sr. write on Lopez's ordinance in the 7/22 issue of South Side Weekly! Pick up a copy around Chicago for free today, or read more at the link in our bio.

🎨: @haleytweedell ...

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The 7/22 issue of South Side Weekly hits the streets today! Our cover story looks at the sudden layoff of hundreds of Chicago Public Schools educators at the end of the school year, which some felt were retaliatory. You can also read about the conclusion of SRO votes in high schools across the city, details from the 'We Can't Wait' rally in support of citizenship for all, development concerns with the Invest South/West campaign, and much more. Find out where to get a copy on our distribution map at the link in our bio, along with links to all of the stories in the issue.

The 7/22 issue of South Side Weekly hits the streets today!

Our cover story looks at the sudden layoff of hundreds of Chicago Public Schools educators at the end of the school year, which some felt were retaliatory. You can also read about the conclusion of SRO votes in high schools across the city, details from the 'We Can't Wait' rally in support of citizenship for all, development concerns with the Invest South/West campaign, and much more.

Find out where to get a copy on our distribution map at the link in our bio, along with links to all of the stories in the issue. ...

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Cicero se ha mantenido como el suburbio con el mayor número de casos confirmados de COVID-19 en el Condado de Cook, incluyendo un brote inicial en un asilo de ancianos... Poco menos del 40 por ciento de los residentes de Cicero han sido completamente vacunados, esto en gran medida gracias a que las organizaciones comunitarias en el área han realizado varios eventos de vacunación y campañas de registro para eliminar las barreras en la vacunación... Ex empleados de la fábrica de Bimbo Bakeries abogaron porque los empleadores se comprometan a darle a los empleados que querían vacunarse tiempo libre pagado y sin contarles las ausencias. El grupo Black Workers Matter también ha realizado varios eventos de vacunación en el corredor industrial de Cicero. Una investigación de @ciceroindependiente. Traducción @giselaorozco_. 🎨@jen.kneefer

Cicero se ha mantenido como el suburbio con el mayor número de casos confirmados de COVID-19 en el Condado de Cook, incluyendo un brote inicial en un asilo de ancianos... Poco menos del 40 por ciento de los residentes de Cicero han sido completamente vacunados, esto en gran medida gracias a que las organizaciones comunitarias en el área han realizado varios eventos de vacunación y campañas de registro para eliminar las barreras en la vacunación... Ex empleados de la fábrica de Bimbo Bakeries abogaron porque los empleadores se comprometan a darle a los empleados que querían vacunarse tiempo libre pagado y sin contarles las ausencias. El grupo Black Workers Matter también ha realizado varios eventos de vacunación en el corredor industrial de Cicero. Una investigación de @ciceroindependiente. Traducción @giselaorozco_.

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Last Friday, a federal judge in Texas blocked new DACA applications. A week prior, people rallied for citizenship for all, defunding ICE, and stopping deportations. SSW's Alma Campos writes about how Chicago advocates are pushing to pass overdue immigration reform. Read more at the link in our bio. 📸: Alma Campos

Last Friday, a federal judge in Texas blocked new DACA applications. A week prior, people rallied for citizenship for all, defunding ICE, and stopping deportations.

SSW's Alma Campos writes about how Chicago advocates are pushing to pass overdue immigration reform. Read more at the link in our bio.

📸: Alma Campos ...

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When COVID-19 hit the South Side aggressively in the spring of 2020, nearby suburban residents could only brace themselves for what was to come. The repercussions of a slow vaccine rollout is still looming large in south suburban Harvey, Calumet City, Dolton and beyond as residents are facing long-standing inequities. Of the thirty-two municipalities that County officials identified as the most vulnerable at the height of COVID-19, half of them were in the south suburbs—twelve of them are clustered right outside the city boundaries: Blue Island, Calumet Park, Riverdale, Dolton, Burnham, Calumet City, Robbins, Posen, Dixmoor, South Holland, Harvey, and Markham. The Weekly's @hechaenchitown & Alma Campos write about how the vaccine disparity grows in Chicago’s south suburbs. Read more in our 7/8 issue or at the link in our bio. 🎨: @jen.kneefer 📷: Alma Campos @hechaenchicago

When COVID-19 hit the South Side aggressively in the spring of 2020, nearby suburban residents could only brace themselves for what was to come. The repercussions of a slow vaccine rollout is still looming large in south suburban Harvey, Calumet City, Dolton and beyond as residents are facing long-standing inequities.

Of the thirty-two municipalities that County officials identified as the most vulnerable at the height of COVID-19, half of them were in the south suburbs—twelve of them are clustered right outside the city boundaries: Blue Island, Calumet Park, Riverdale, Dolton, Burnham, Calumet City, Robbins, Posen, Dixmoor, South Holland, Harvey, and Markham.

The Weekly's @hechaenchitown & Alma Campos write about how the vaccine disparity grows in Chicago’s south suburbs. Read more in our 7/8 issue or at the link in our bio.

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Attention all South Siders! We're looking for a neighborhood captains for our 2021 Best of the South Side issue. Captaining is a great opportunity to showcase what's special about your neighborhood. As captain, you'll be responsible for curating your neighborhood's list of bests, but not writing them unless you want to. Use the link in our bio to sign up for one of the available neighborhoods.

Attention all South Siders!

We're looking for a neighborhood captains for our 2021 Best of the South Side issue. Captaining is a great opportunity to showcase what's special about your neighborhood. As captain, you'll be responsible for curating your neighborhood's list of bests, but not writing them unless you want to.

Use the link in our bio to sign up for one of the available neighborhoods. ...

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Despite allocation of federal funding, vaccines are still hard to get for many in the suburbs. In collaboration with @ciceroindependiente, South Side Weekly examines how Cook County’s sizable vaccination disparity remains in Black and Brown suburbs. Read more in our 7/8 issue or at the link in our bio! 🎨: @birdlets 📊: @maerunes

Despite allocation of federal funding, vaccines are still hard to get for many in the suburbs.

In collaboration with @ciceroindependiente, South Side Weekly examines how Cook County’s sizable vaccination disparity remains in Black and Brown suburbs.

Read more in our 7/8 issue or at the link in our bio!

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“We’re seeing how to bend music in a certain way. We’re trying to get weird and go all out.” Local hip-hop duo @angryblackmen_ talks with SSW Contributor @nomaddonz to discuss their latest projects, joining deathbombarc, and their course moving forward. Check it out in the 7/8 Issue of the Weekly, or read it on our website at the link in our bio! 📷: @keatonbeach.1

“We’re seeing how to bend music in a certain way. We’re trying to get weird and go all out.”

Local hip-hop duo @angryblackmen_ talks with SSW Contributor @nomaddonz to discuss their latest projects, joining deathbombarc, and their course moving forward. Check it out in the 7/8 Issue of the Weekly, or read it on our website at the link in our bio!

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The City’s gun-violence prevention center was operational for just one week before it trained its gaze on political dissent. Read more from SSW's Jim Daley about how CPD used the Summer Operations Center to monitor protests. Find it in the 7/8 issue of the Weekly, or click the link our bio to read it on our website! 🎨: @lucasmakeslines

The City’s gun-violence prevention center was operational for just one week before it trained its gaze on political dissent.

Read more from SSW's Jim Daley about how CPD used the Summer Operations Center to monitor protests. Find it in the 7/8 issue of the Weekly, or click the link our bio to read it on our website!

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The July 8 Issue of South Side Weekly is here! In collaboration with @ciceroindependiente, we explore Cook County's vaccine disparity for our 3-part cover story for the Institute for Nonprofit News's #LifeAfterCOVID series. Also read about CPD spying on protestors, legal purgatory for young adults, an artist profile on Angry Blackmen, and much more! Pick up a copy for free in Chicago today! Find out where on our distribution map at the link in our bio. 🎨: @birdlets

The July 8 Issue of South Side Weekly is here!

In collaboration with @ciceroindependiente, we explore Cook County's vaccine disparity for our 3-part cover story for the Institute for Nonprofit News's #LifeAfterCOVID series.

Also read about CPD spying on protestors, legal purgatory for young adults, an artist profile on Angry Blackmen, and much more!

Pick up a copy for free in Chicago today! Find out where on our distribution map at the link in our bio.

🎨: @birdlets ...

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