South Side Weekly

This story was first published by the Hyde Park Herald. undreds of South Side residents packed the gymnasium at Arnold Mireles Academy on Saturday, August 15, shouting down Mayor Brandon Johnson and booing when he declined to call for a full stop to const

This story was originally published by the Chicago Reader. he Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) is extending a pilot program that provides incarcerated people with 775 minutes of free phone calls per month. Naomi Puzzello, public information offic

This story was first published by Borderless Magazine. n an overcast afternoon in April, Juan Pabon and his wife Joseline De Caires de Pabon sat at a sticky table in a McDonald's in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood. Outside, the stars and stripes flag flappe

ames R. Barrett is professor emeritus of history and African American studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He was born and raised in Chicago and is the author of The Irish Way: Becoming American in the Multi-Ethnic City (Penguin Book

ased on the festive atmosphere at the Wintrust Arena on August 18, you wouldn't have guessed that the Chicago Sky were heading into their game against the New York Liberty with a 13-22 record, and near the cellar in the league's Eastern Conference, behind

n Monday afternoon, Chicago mother Keshia Golden stepped out of the Leighton Criminal Courthouse, at 26th and California, surrounded by supporters and her attorneys from the Cook County Public Defender's Office. She had entered the court with first degree

he Exchange is the Weekly's poetry corner that celebrates the power of the literary arts and the bridge it creates between those of all walks of life. In each entry of The Exchange, you'll be introduced to various pieces of writing and encouraged to creat

From the Office of the Governor JB Pritzker Groundbreaking Marks Construction on Anchor Tenant PsiQuantum's State-of-the-Art Facility IQMP to Serve as South Side Economic Powerhouse While Leading the U.S. Into the New Quantum Era CHICAGO, IL -Today, Gover

93 votes in favor, 12 against: workers at The University of Chicago Press (UCP) voted by a landslide to unionize with the Chicago News Guild, Local 34071 of The NewsGuild-CWA. he election-with votes counted on July 8 and the results officially certified b

Editor's note: Last month, we published Sixteen Minutes in a Burning Cell, which investigated the immediate causes of Martinez Duncan's November 2025 death in Cook County Jail. Martinez was kept in a burning cell for sixteen minutes while officers issued