Every year we devote our time to story packages that dive deep into specific issues that are prevalent on the South Side, whether current or historic. Traditionally these have been packages around the topic of housing, the year’s literature, or elections–but increasingly we’ve been thinking bigger, about segregation, about industry, and the right to the city. See our special issues from over the years below, and if you’d like to print a set of issues for yourself, your classroom, or your organization, contact us.
Special Issues
Curfew City
We partnered with The TRiiBE to dig into curfews, talk to teenagers and parents, and examine the demise of third spaces and lack of amenities for them.…
Mapping Chicago’s Racial Segregation
hicago is one of the most segregated cities in the United States. Over the last century, an array of political and cultural forces have created clear lines…
The Robeson Issue
This issue won the 2019 “Best Education Reporting” and “General Excellence in Print Journalism” in a non-daily newspaper or magazine Peter Lisagor Awards from the Chicago Headline…
The Music Issue
t’s no longer an exaggeration, or an overstatement: Chicago’s South Side is experiencing an artistic boom on par with the Harlem Renaissance, and its biggest and smallest…
The Lit Issue 2018
Start here, with Tarnynon Onumonu’s ode to Chicago’s Free Range youth, the ones who might not be welcome in the Loop. We fashion them complacent But they…
The Lit Issue 2019
Once a year, South Side Weekly reserves an entire issue to celebrate all things Lit. Poetry, fiction, essay, even comics are included in the offerings. Submissions pour…
Lit Issue 2016
What goes into a poem? The cover of our third annual Lit Issue–with art from Keara McGraw–offers one recipe for a poem, while its contents offer recipes…
The Election Issue 2020
Cook County Jail Inmates Go to the Polls for the First Time → Notes from the 3/10/2020 issue. South Side Election Guide → A look at other…