South Side Weekly
WEBOct 1, 2024 · Community newspaper by and for Chicago's South Side. Arts, Culture, Politics. Est. 2013.
The Narratives of Robeson High School
WEBThe Lisagor award-winning project would not have been possible without you. By sharing your experiences at Robeson High School with us, we were able to put together an hour-long radio program tracing through Robeson's 40-year history, a special issue of South Side Weekly newspaper devoted to the stories you told us, and an archive.
COVID-19 Deaths in Chicago’s Neighborhoods
WEBFeb 2, 2023 · This live tracker of COVID-19 deaths by community area is intended for use as a tool toward those ends. Total deaths attributed. to COVID-19 in Chicago: 7,413. Last updated February 2, 2023. All data shown is pulled from Cook County Medical Examiner (CCME) records released through the Cook County Data …
The Chicago Housing Authority Explained – South Side Weekly
WEBFeb 25, 2022 · O riginally intended to replace overcrowded, deeply impoverished neighborhoods, Chicago’s midcentury public housing developments initially offered significantly better living conditions to residents, and for a time were, as author Dawn Turner told the South Side Weekly, “bastions” of stability that “conferred dignity on the residents.”. But subsequent decades of disinvestment and ...
Hip-Hop Museum Puts Respect on Chicago’s Contributions
WEBDec 20, 2023 · The folks who fondly remember the South Side 90s hip-hop scene are fiercely protective when preserving their history. by Evan F. Moore December 20, 2023. Euphonics members hanging out in a South Side basement in the 1990s. Credit: Provided. Chicago Hip-Hop Heritage Museum cofounder Darrell …
Mapping Chicago’s Racial Segregation – South Side Weekly
WEBFeb 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 ...
The Campus Bubble on Chicago’s South Side
WEBDec 10, 2021 · The Campus Bubble on Chicago’s South Side. by Chima Ikoro December 10, 2021. Illustration by Shane Tolentino. 阅读中文版. On November 9, Shao Xiong ‘Dennis’ Zheng, a recent graduate of the University of Chicago, was tragically shot and killed during a robbery in Hyde Park. The murder of Zheng, who was described as having had an ...
What Happened May 30?
WEBOn May 30, there were 494 arrests citywide, including for disorderly conduct (373), civil unrest (414), looting (28), and firearms (16). Eighty-five officers reported being injured on duty that day. And between May 29 and June 4 more than 250 complaints were filed against CPD with the Civilian Office of Police Accountability.
Surveilling Dissent – South Side Weekly
WEBJul 7, 2021 · A t a press conference near the lake on the Friday before Memorial Day 2020, David Brown, the Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department, announced the launch of the Summer Operations Center (SOC), a multiagency gun-violence prevention hub. Brown said the center had a singular mission: “Reducing murders and shootings this summer.” But internal documents obtained through a Freedom of ...
Revisiting Auburn Park – South Side Weekly
WEBFeb 3, 2015 · Revisiting Auburn Park. by Rachel Schastok February 3, 2015. Javier Suarez. On a map, Auburn Park appears as an unexpected departure from the city grid, its thin fingerlike lagoons passing under two narrow bridges on Normal and Eggleston Avenues. On the ground, the abrupt break into open space feels …