Best Comeback Best Use of Empty Lots Best Community Response Best Comfort Food in Uncomfortable Times In Memoriam: Johnny O’s hen I solidified my love affair with Chicago and became an official resident in 2016, I was struck by the sense of kinship that permeated the near South Side neighborhood of Bridgeport despite the diversity […]
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¿Qué pasa en los distritos? La respuesta de los concejales al coronavirus
Originally published on April 28, 2020, in English Traducido por Gisela Orozco as juntas del Concilio Municipal ahora son por internet; las oficinas de los distritos se encuentran (generalmente) cerradas. La votación del 24 de abril para concederle a la alcaldesa Lori Lightfoot poder tributario para gastos de emergencia ocasionó un debate amargo. Entonces, ¿exactamente […]
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What’s Happening in the Wards? Aldermanic Response to COVID-19
Léalo en español City Council meetings have moved online; ward offices are (generally) closed. The April 24 vote to grant Mayor Lightfoot emergency spending powers sparked bitter debate. So what exactly are South Side aldermen up to right now? How are they responding to the COVID-19 crisis in their wards? We did a little research. […]
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Risk Is in the Air
Léalo en español nce immortalized in Upton Sinclair’s 1906 novel The Jungle, the meatpacking factories that made Chicago “hog butcher for the world” and gave Back of the Yards its name left the city nearly fifty years ago. But the scent of industry still lingers. “There’s a saying in Back of the Yards,” says Billy […]
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South Side Election Guide
3rd U.S. House District Activist Rush Darwish Mechanic Charles Hughes U.S. Representative Dan Lipinski Nonprofit executive Marie Newman Second time’s the charm? After coming within 2,500 votes of incumbent U.S. Representative Dan Lipinski in 2018, Marie Newman, a former small business owner and nonprofit executive, is trying once again to win over the Democratic primary […]
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Safe Haven Links Churches and Schools
t’s the end of summer camp, and kids are sitting at tables in the basement of Woodlawn Baptist Church. Everyone is going around and giving compliments to each other—kids compliment their fellow campers and recount funny or memorable events that happened over the summer. Ms. Kayla Bell, known at camp as Miss Kayla, gets up […]
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On the Corner
With the Obama Presidential Center proposed for Jackson Park, the University of Chicago’s continuing development along 61st Street, and a myriad of other projects large and small, residents are asking: what will Woodlawn become? This is the third article in a series investigating the past, present, and future of the neighborhood. Read the first here, […]
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South Side Elections: Ward By Ward
3rd Ward (Bronzeville, South Loop, Washington Park, Englewood) 4th Ward (Bronzeville, South Loop, Hyde Park) 5th Ward (Hyde Park, South Shore, Woodlawn, Grand Crossing) 6th Ward (Chatham, Park Manor, Englewood) 7th Ward (South Shore, South Chicago, Jeffery Manor) 8th Ward (Avalon Park, Calumet Heights, Burnside) 9th Ward (Pullman, Roseland, Riverdale) 10th Ward (East Side, South […]
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Notes for 10/3/18
Dirty Water Politics A whisper is sweeping through the homes of Chicago: one if by election, two if by gubernatorial appointment. Well, not quite, but we will all be waiting anxiously on word from a judge as to exactly how the next Metropolitan Water Reclamation District commissioner will be elected, or potentially not. The seat […]
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Losing Harper High School
This article was a finalist for the 2018 “Best Education Reporting in a Non-Daily Newspaper or Magazine” Peter Lisagor Award from the Chicago Headline Club arper High School is the oldest neighborhood school in Englewood. Over the last century, thousands of residents have graduated from there. Yet last month, the Chicago Board of Education voted […]