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City Contractor ‘Failed’ Clients as Migrant Shelter Complaints …
Nov 20, 2024 · This story was a collaboration between the Investigative Project on Race and Equity and Borderless Magazine.. R eina Isabel Jerez Garcia filed a grievance with the City of Chicago last fall when staff started serving smaller meals at the City-funded migrant shelter where she and her teenage son were staying.. Dinner was a scoop of rice and a couple of pieces of meat at the Super 8, a compact ...
Hilliard Homes Tenants “Heartbroken” After Fatal Shooting in a …
Dec 12, 2024 · M ore than two months after a fatal shooting in the Hilliard Towers Apartments, tenants are still waiting for answers about what happened, whether it could have been prevented, and what it means for the building.. In the early morning of October 5, police responding to a call at 2030 S. State St. found a young man with apparent gunshot wounds in a vacant apartment on the building’s first ...
The Complicated History of the Globetrotters – South Side Weekly
Nov 7, 2024 · M any of us know about the Harlem Globetrotters, a South Side all-Black basketball team, and Abe Saperstein, its Jewish, Chicago-based promoter. The Globetrotters had its impetus at Bronzeville’s Wendell Phillips High School (now William Phillips Academy High School) and went on to become a worldwide sensation that entertained millions.
Studio Freelove Makes Practicing Art Accessible
Oct 18, 2024 · Valdez created Studio Freelove with a focus on accessibility. The studio offers three ways for artists to pay for the collective after being selected: a full pay model where artists pay $100 a month; a half model where artists pay $50 and work five volunteer hours per month; and a full volunteer model where artists work ten hours.
14th Police District Council Grapples with Fierce Divisions
Jul 22, 2024 · I naugurated last May, Chicago’s twenty-two Police District Councils were tasked with increasing transparency, accountability, and community collaboration with the police.Born out of years of organizing for more civilian oversight, the councils, as well as the citywide Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability, have grappled with residents’ competing ideas around their purpose.
Mapping Chicago’s Racial Segregation – South Side Weekly
Feb 24, 2022 · This story 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 covering the impact racial divisions have on individuals, the city ...
Calls Widen for Police District Councilor’s Resignation
3 days ago · A coalition of Police District Council (PDC) members from across the city are calling on 14th PDC member David Orlikoff to resign, citing a pattern of troubling behavior. In December, nineteen council members representing thirteen of the city’s twenty-two police districts signed a letter asking Orlikoff to resign by the end of 2024. When he did not, several called for his resignation during ...
Best of the South Side 2024
I f you’re thinking, “Huh, it’s been a while since I saw one of these…” you’d be right. Our last Best of the South Side issue, which celebrated ten years of BoSS, came out in 2022. After iterating on the same formula for a decade, we decided to take a break and imagine how we can crank the dial up for the next decade of Bests.
Our last Weekly issue of 2024, and financial assistance for ...
Dec 12, 2024 · See you in January Dear readers, this will be the last Weekly issue of 2024. We’ll see you again in January! Thank you for continuing to read and support South Side Weekly. We hope you’ve enjoyed and learned from our coverage this year. We’ll continue to publish online this month. Financial assistance for undocumented immigrants […]