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Renderings of the “Always Growing, Auburn Gresham” Chicago Prize-winning plan. Courtesy Greater Auburn-Gresham Development Corporation.

December 11, 2020December 14, 2020

With the Competition for the Chicago Prize Behind Them, South and West Side Community Organizations Keep Doing the Work

“Our project was not created for the Chicago Prize submission. We’ve been working on a lot of these projects for years, a couple of them a decade.”

By Jonathan Dale

December 9, 2020December 16, 2020

Struck from the Record

The Trial of the Chicago 7 fictionalizes the stories of its participants. In the case of Bobby Seale, the inaccuracies tell a larger story.

By Elliot Frank

December 9, 2020

Head vs. Heart

In “The Trial of the Chicago 7”, two key characters embody the Left’s ongoing inner conflict

By Malik Jackson

Performance at TRAP House Chicago. Photo Courtesy of Rohan Ayinde

December 9, 2020December 9, 2020

Black Artists on the South and West Sides Show Resilience in Battle with Challenges Created by the Pandemic

As COVID-19 heightens awareness of historic disparities, many call for the city to do more for creative initiatives on the South and West Sides

By City Bureau and Corli Jay

December 9, 2020December 9, 2020

The Neighborhood You Live In Affects Your COVID-19 Risk

Lack of access to healthcare and home internet are associated with higher COVID-19 deaths, suggesting resource availability is linked to mortality rates

By Elora Apantaku

December 9, 2020December 9, 2020

Op-Ed: Chicago Gun Violence Is a Public Health Crisis

A violence prevention organizer speaks out

By Charles Jones

December 9, 2020December 9, 2020

There’s an Uptick in Street Overdoses During the Pandemic

Cook County is projected to double the number of opioid-related overdoses among unsheltered homeless persons this pandemic year

By Peter Winslow

December 9, 2020December 11, 2020

Op-Ed: King Von, Drill Music, Parkway Gardens, and South Side Chicago

A memorial

By Kulwa Apara

December 9, 2020

Bless the Mic

South Shore rapper PhalaiR released “Blssd” in November, and he’s just getting started

By Jim Daley

December 9, 2020December 9, 2020

North Lawndale Teachers and Parents Tackle School Closures Head-on

Plagued by memories of past school closings, they organized against a plan to consolidate three schools

By Madeleine Parrish

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