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Sam Stecklow

Sam Stecklow is an editor at the Weekly. He also works as a journalist for the Invisible Institute. His reporting has won a Sidney Award from the Sidney Hillman Foundation, and been nominated for a Peter Lisagor Award from the Chicago Headline Club.

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Shadow Arrests: Chicago Police Make Growing Use of Forced Psychiatric Hospitalization

by Josh McGhee, Dana Brozost-Kelleher, Isabelle Senechal, Sam Stecklow, Jenna Mayzouni, Allende Miglietta and Stephana Ocneanu August 28, 2025August 29, 2025

Thousands in crisis get involuntarily hospitalized despite little evidence of effectiveness.

Posted inLatest

Chicago Keeps Controversial Police Promotion List Secret

by Rachel Heimann Mercader, Sam Stecklow and Invisible Institute July 31, 2025August 1, 2025
Taurus Flavors. Illustration Credit: Lily Cozzens
Posted inArcher Heights

Best of the South Side In Memoriam 2020

by Dixon Galvez-Searle, Rovetta McKinney, Sam Stecklow, AV Benford, Francesca Mathewes, Rob Bitunjac, Jacqueline Serrato and Francisco Ramírez Pinedo November 27, 2020November 29, 2020
Posted inPolitics

In Map Redrawing, Power and Politics Prevail

by Jim Daley and Sam Stecklow June 30, 2020July 3, 2020
Posted inEn español

¿Qué pasa en los distritos? La respuesta de los concejales al coronavirus

by Martha Bayne, Jim Daley, Jacqueline Serrato, Sam Stecklow and Christian Belanger May 8, 2020September 21, 2020
Posted inAuburn Gresham

What’s Happening in the Wards? Aldermanic Response to COVID-19

by Martha Bayne, Jim Daley, Jacqueline Serrato, Sam Stecklow and Christian Belanger April 28, 2020May 15, 2020
Posted inFood

Fueling Up

by Emeline Posner and Sam Stecklow April 30, 2019April 30, 2019
Posted inElections

Meet the Challengers: Deborah Foster-Bonner

by Sam Stecklow March 19, 2019March 19, 2019
Posted inPolitics

Meet the Challengers: Berto Aguayo

by Sam Stecklow February 26, 2019
Posted inElections

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by Mari Cohen and Sam Stecklow February 26, 2019February 26, 2019

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