Jacqueline Serrato

Chicago

Editor-In-Chief at South Side Weekly

Barrio journalist & editora @SouthSideWeekly @LaVozChi

Featured in: Favicon

southsideweekly.com Favicon

chicagotribune.com Favicon

suntimes.com Favicon

chicagoreader.com Favicon

fox32chicago.com Favicon

wttw.com

chicagoist.com Favicon

hoylosangeles.com Favicon

newsbreak.com Favicon

blockclubchicago.org + 8 more

Articles

Quantum Site Met with Opposition at Southeast Side Meeting

1 month ago | southsideweekly.com | Jacqueline Serrato

Last Tuesday evening, several dozen people gathered in the auditorium at Bowen High School for another meeting on the proposed billion-dollar development of a quantum computer complex on the Southeast Side.
Movilizándose para defender a las comunidades de Chicago de ICE

2 months ago | southsideweekly.com | Jacqueline Serrato

EnglishLas comunidades inmigrantes en todo el país están en alerta máxima después de que el presidente Donald Trump comenzara su segundo mandato firmando una serie de órdenes ejecutivas que ponen a las familias latinas en riesgo de deportación. Mientras decenas de agentes de ICE se despliegan en Chicago, los funcionarios públicos y grupos comunitarios están tomando medidas para mantener a sus vecinos informados de su entorno y sus derechos.
Mobilizing to Defend Chicago Communities From ICE

2 months ago | southsideweekly.com | Jacqueline Serrato

Immigrant communities across the country are on high alert after President Donald Trump began his second term by signing a series of executive orders that are putting Latinx families at risk of deportation. As dozens of ICE agents deploy in Chicago, public officials and community groups are springing to action to keep their neighbors aware of their surroundings and their rights.
Making it as a muralist

Jan 27, 2025 | hpherald.com | Jacqueline Serrato

Editor's note: This story was originally published by the South Side Weekly. Damon Lamar Reed, a 47-year-old acrylic painter living in South Shore who’s participated in the majority of mural restorations in Chicago over the last decade, was named the inaugural Artist of the Year in December by the leading public art group in the city.
Making it as a Muralist

Jan 16, 2025 | southsideweekly.com | Jacqueline Serrato

Damon Lamar Reed, a forty-seven-year-old acrylic painter living in South Shore who’s participated in the majority of mural restorations in Chicago over the last decade, was named the inaugural Artist of the Year in December by the leading public art group in the city.
Best All-You-Can-Find Shopping Center: Super Mall - Midway

Sep 27, 2024 | southsideweekly.com | Jacqueline Serrato

After Discount Mall’s unpopular downsizing in Little Village, Supermall is the only shopping mall of its kind on the South Side—a huge business hub made up almost entirely of immigrant vendors, from Mexican to Korean, in rented ten-by-ten-foot stalls. One exception might be the interior of the Swap-O-Rama flea market, but they require an entrance fee. Meanwhile, Super Mall is free to browse and loiter in.
Lo que Chicago puede aprender de Colombia sobre cómo manejar una ola migratoria

Jun 16, 2024 | chicago.suntimes.com | Chip Mitchell |Anthony Vazquez |Jacqueline Serrato

En los últimos dos años, la Ciudad de Chicago ha tenido dificultades para atender a los migrantes indigentes que llegan desde la frontera sur. La mayoría de ellos, unos 30,000, son de Venezuela, un país sudamericano cuya economía se ha colapsado. Pero la cantidad de venezolanos en Chicago no se compara con la cantidad de personas que han migrado en la última década a su vecina Colombia. Solo Bogotá, la capital, ha recibido más de 600,000.
Ray López vs. Chuy García

Mar 19, 2024 | southsideweekly.com | Jacqueline Serrato

EnglishUno de los críticos más controversiales del Concejo Municipal de Chicago, el concejal Raymond López, se enfrenta a uno de los progresistas más influyentes de Illinois, el representante Jesús “Chuy” García, por su puesto en el Congreso. A pesar de que muchos suponen que ambos funcionarios son aliados, dados sus orígenes en el lado suroeste de Chicago y sus apellidos mexicanos, sus políticas y maneras de liderar han demostrado que no suelen coincidir.
Two Distinct Voices for the 4th Congressional District

Mar 2, 2024 | southsideweekly.com | Jacqueline Serrato

One of the loudest conservative voices in the City Council, Alderperson Raymond Lopez (15th Ward), is challenging one of Illinois’ most influential progressives, Representative Jesus “Chuy” García (4th District), for his congressional seat. Despite the common presumption that the officials are allies given their Southwest Side origins and Mexican surnames, their politics and approach have shown that they don’t typically align. Their political trajectories have different roots.
Keeping Ancient Traditions Alive – South Side Weekly

Dec 27, 2023 | southsideweekly.com | Jacqueline Serrato

An Aztec dance group from Chicago’s South Side was bestowed recognition from fellow national and international danza groups in a public ceremony this summer at St. Agnes Church where a lifelong leader of the group, a chief, was also ordained. Little Village-born Henry Cervantes, thirty-six, was raised Catholic by his Mexican parents from Iguala, Guerrero, and as an adult his spiritual identity began to evolve.