This is post 4 of 6 in the series “FIRSTHAND: SEGREGATION” This series was produced for WTTW’S FIRSTHAND: SEGREGATION, an award-winning FIRSTHAND multiplatform, multi-year initiative focusing on the firsthand perspectives of people facing critical issues in Chicago. South Side Weekly partnered with WTTW and the Invisible Institute to co-publish text and visual reporting and analysis […]
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Otra vida inocente atrapada en el fuego pandilleril
Read in English Traducido por Yessica Chu-How n la fría tarde de un sábado, Melissa Ortega, de ocho años, y su madre, Araceli Leaños, salieron de casa dirigiéndose hacia el banco en la calle 26 y después a un McDonald’s. Araceli quería cumplir su promesa de comprarle a su hija una hamburguesa. Era el 22 […]
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Another Child Caught in the Crossfire
Leer en español n a cold Saturday afternoon, eight-year-old Melissa Ortega and her mother, Araceli Leaños, left home walking to the bank and then to a McDonald’s. Araceli wanted to keep her promise. She was going to get her girl a hamburger. It was January 22, 2022. Melissa: ¿Me compras una hamburguesa, mamá? Mamá: Claro […]
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Un espacio de apoyo a la comunidad inmigrante
Read in English Traducido por Alma Campos l lado sureste de Chicago alguna vez tuvo gran influencia y ha permanecido de clase obrera. Las fábricas de acero fueron la fuente que mantenía a los barrios como Hegewisch y South Deering, que antes eran poblados mayormente por inmigrantes polacos. Pero esa comunidad se ha convertido en […]
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El cantante de la gente: Recordando a Chuy Negrete
Read in English n grupo de danzantes aztecas abrió el homenaje a Jesús “Chuy” Negrete el mes pasado de una forma parecida a como él solía comenzar sus propias interpretaciones musicales: haciendo honor a los elementos y los cuatro puntos cardinales, a veces soplando una concha de caracol. Negrete fue un cantante, escritor y activista […]
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A Singer for the People: Remembering Jesús “Chuy” Negrete
Leer en español ztec dancers opened the celebration of Jesús “Chuy” Negrete’s life last month in a manner reminiscent of the way he would often start his own performances: by acknowledging the elements and four cardinal directions, sometimes blowing into a conch shell. Negrete was a Chicago folklorist, writer, and activist known for singing corridos—Mexican […]
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Best of Hegewisch 2021
Best Startup Best Local Activist Best Community Pushback he rest of Chicago seems light years away whenever I’m in Hegewisch, visiting my brother or crossing the state border while passing through to visit family in Hammond, Indiana. Living on the Southwest Side for ten years, I’ve grown accustomed to walking a few minutes to a […]
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Best of McKinley Park 2021
Best Local Activism Best Place to Cool off in the Summer Best Play Area cKinley Park is a predominantly Latinx working-class neighborhood on Chicago’s Southwest Side, located between Pilsen, Bridgeport, Back of the Yards, and Brighton Park. The neighborhood is only a fifteen-minute drive away from the Loop and walking distance to the Mexican corner […]
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Best of East Side & South Chicago 2021
Best Immigrant and Workers’ Rights Organization Best Local Condiment Best Summer Arts Fest ew Chicagoans seem to know the East Side exists. In fact, it’s so common for new friends to confess unfamiliarity with the neighborhood that East Siders have turned it into an inside joke. The conversation presents three common questions: “Is that still […]
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‘No podemos esperar’
Originally published on July 20, 2021 in English “Estoy cansada”, dijo Elizabeth Cervantes desde el podio en una demostración de inmigración frente al Thompson Center en el centro de Chicago el 8 de julio. “Estoy cansada de esperar a tener los mismos derechos básicos que todos los demás. ¿Cuánto más debemos esperar?” El viernes, 16 […]