“Why do we have to beg them to do what’s their responsibility as owners? My neighbors and I started this struggle so we can have homes with dignity and security.” Pilsen Tenants Who Withheld Rent Legally Still Forced to Move Out, via @InjusticeWatch southsideweekly.com/pilsen-tenants…

A group of startups, universities, and government agencies are planning to build the world’s biggest quantum computer on the Southeast Side. But what exactly is a quantum computer...? In our latest issue, Siri Chilukuri breaks it all down ⬇️ issuu.com/southsideweekl…

“We cannot police our way out of public safety? Why not spend that budget on peacekeepers? Why not spend that money on health services for everybody in our communities?” Advocates Want Funds for Vacant CPD Positions Reallocated, reporting by Khalil Dennis southsideweekly.com/advocates-want…

After implementing a contribute-what-you-can model last year, new and veteran artists make up a growing and diverse student population seeking space to create and build community. Read more via South Side Weekly: southsideweekly.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=…

Trump has killed the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. As with every outrage from the White House, you can do something about it: Support local media. southsideweekly.com/trump-kills-th…

A notification system used by Cook County to alert crime victims about offenders’ statuses may be allowing ICE to obtain personal data on thousands of immigrants. ✍️ Alma Campos southsideweekly.com/cook-county-sh…

Members of the former DIY community space The Orphanage reflect on what made their mutual aid efforts special before getting evicted this year. Story by Chelsea Zhao southsideweekly.com/my-refuge-my-r…

Between 2016 and 2024 a forensic toxicology lab at the University of Illinois Chicago tested people’s bodily fluids for DUI-cannabis investigations using scientifically discredited methods and faulty machinery. Maya Dukmasova for @InjusticeWatch southsideweekly.com/fake-science-f…

Chicagoans turned out for the Bud Biliken parade in its 96th year, a summer tradition since 1929. 📸 K'Von Jackson southsideweekly.com/billiken-bash/

En el Condado de Cook, una cláusula en el contrato VINE filtra datos personales a ICE. Por Alma Campos southsideweekly.com/brecha-en-los-…

Like many of the Trump regime’s destructive and authoritarian moves this year, the death of CPB has long been a goal of Republicans—and its ramifications will be broad, deep, and lasting. Our latest editors note: southsideweekly.com/trump-kills-th…

Cook County’s jail data-sharing agreement lets ICE access personal info of thousands of immigrants through LexisNexis. Advocates want the ‘risk solutions’ clause removed before the contract renews in November. southsideweekly.com/cook-county-sh…

In the latest issue of South Side Weekly, Invisible Institute, MindSite News, and student journalists from Medill Investigative Lab-Chicago share their investigations of the mental health landscape in Chicago as a whole ⬇️ southsideweekly.com/policing-the-v…

When ICE picks someone up in Chicago, they’re often sent out of state. Families may not know where they are for days. Here's what may happen after an arrest ⬇️ southsideweekly.com/where-do-peopl…

Chicago’s South Side is saying 'not here.' Locals are training to keep their neighborhoods safe as ICE raids escalate: southsideweekly.com/south-siders-p…

ICE’s Operation Midway Blitz spread through suburbs and South Side neighborhoods, escalating into detentions, family separation, and the fatal traffic-stop shooting of, Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez. southsideweekly.com/trumps-ice-cra…

The Lost Neighborhood of Maxwell Street Market: Project Onward’s exhibition “Poor Man’s Paradise” is an homage to the historic open air market. Story by Delaney Eubanks southsideweekly.com/the-lost-neigh…

Best of the South Side 2025 us here, but first we must remind ourselves: we do not celebrate our strength as merit for undeserved suffering, but instead we celebrate the choice to continue to empower ourselves as a means to overcome. southsideweekly.com/best-of-the-so…

“In the United States, we have a Constitutional right to peacefully assemble. That right isn’t waived when ICE agents want to terrorize our neighbors. That right isn’t waived when a sitting president wants to appoint himself dictator.” ✍️ Alma Campos southsideweekly.com/we-want-them-b…