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Activism

Posted inCommunity Organizing

No Cop Academy: The Documentary Screens to Enthusiastic Audience Support

by Max Blaisdell November 8, 2023November 8, 2023

The film chronicles efforts by Black and brown teenagers in 2017-2019 to stop the controversial police academy and the lessons organizers learned.

Posted inJustice

Dying and Disabled Illinois Prisoners Kept Behind Bars

by Carlos Ballesteros, Amy Qin and Shannon Heffernan September 21, 2023September 21, 2023
Posted inMusic Issue

Noname Brings the Party Home

by Kelli J. Smith August 25, 2023August 28, 2023
Posted inLatest

The Trayvon Generation Conveys the Timelessness of Black Art

by Sabrina Ticer-Wurr August 7, 2023August 7, 2023
Posted inSports

Battle for the Blacktops

by Kit Ginzky June 29, 2023April 17, 2025
Posted inImmigration

Survivor of Sexual and Domestic Abuse in Chicago Faces Deportation

by Alma Campos May 29, 2023July 18, 2023
Posted inActivism

Inmigrante del sur de Chicago es puesto en libertad después de ser detenido ilegalmente

by Alma Campos March 25, 2022March 25, 2022
Posted inActivism

South Side Man is Freed After Violation of the Immigration Detention Ban

by Alma Campos March 25, 2022March 25, 2022
Posted inActivism

Activists Demand Half of Target Warehouse Jobs Go to Little Village Residents

by Ata Younan and City Bureau November 11, 2021November 11, 2021
Posted inBest of the South Side 2021

Best of Hegewisch 2021

by Alma Campos September 17, 2021September 28, 2021

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