Surfing Through the Sludge
Lake Michigan surfers brave freezing cold—and toxic—waters, while the Surfrider Foundation sues to clean them up
Shimer College Leaves the South Side
An uncertain future for the small, strange Great Books school
God’s Little Acres
First Presbyterian Church has fostered community gardens since the nineteenth century. Its now-former pastor nearly put an end to that.
A Lot to Lose
After the near-sale of a community garden in West Englewood, questions arise about what it takes for gardens on the South Side to stay afloat.
Losing Harper High School
In a good school-bad school paradigm, Harper High School’s rich hundred-plus-year history risks being forgotten
Why Is CPS Closing NTA?
Before NTA conversion proposal, emails reveal multiyear history to the plans for a new neighborhood high school
Shifting Fronts in Bail Reform
Despite reform efforts, the pretrial detention system still causes harm
赋一个分裂的华埠
特别服务区在不断改变的华埠的拟定设立加剧了社区内部的龃龉
The Battle Against Money Bonds
How recent organizing movements bring Cook County closer to a world without cash bail
Taxing a Divided Chinatown
A proposed Special Service Area exacerbates rifts in the changing neighborhood