Hyde Park Herald

The Hyde Park Herald is a weekly publication that caters to the Hyde Park area in Chicago, Illinois.

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State Sen. Peters launches bid for Congress

3 days ago | hpherald.com | Max Blaisdell

Local State Sen. Robert Peters (D-13th) announced Tuesday morning that he’s running for Congress in the Second District in the 2026 midterm elections.
Immigrant health care programs boosted hospital bottom lines, study suggests

4 days ago | hpherald.com | Peter Hancock

SPRINGFIELD – Two state-run health care programs that extend Medicaid-like coverage to noncitizens may have provided significant financial benefits for Illinois hospitals. That’s according to preliminary results of an ongoing study at the University of Chicago that suggests the programs corresponded, at least in part, to a 15% reduction in the amount of bad debt Illinois hospitals incurred each year since the programs have been in full effect.
‘Bust’ combines sitcom and the surreal to explore rage

6 days ago | hpherald.com | Anne Spiselman

Zora Howard subtitles “Bust,” which is having its world premiere at Goodman Theatre in a co-production with Atlanta's Alliance Theatre (where it played first), “An Afrocurrentist Play.” But that subtitle doesn’t prepare you for the ultra-broad comedy and science fiction surrealism she combines to explore a very serious subject and a deeply pessimistic view of race relations.
Silver Room Block Party debts total more than $600K, owner says

1 week ago | hpherald.com | Max Blaisdell

After nearly two decades of pouring his own money into a beloved summer festival, Eric Williams is asking the community for help. The founder and owner of the Silver Room, 1506 E. 53rd St., a Hyde Park cultural space and retail store, has launched a fundraiser to pay off hundreds of thousands of dollars in debts stemming from past iterations of the Silver Room Block Party.
Trump administration launches investigation into Chicago Public Schools’ Black Student Success Plan

1 week ago | hpherald.com | Becky Vevea

Editor's note: This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newslettersThe Trump administration opened an investigation Tuesday into Chicago Public Schools, alleging race-based discrimination related to the district’s recently released Black Student Success Plan.
Compost pilot on 53rd Street may be around the corner

1 week ago | hpherald.com | Max Blaisdell

When Anne-Laure Schellenberg talks about food waste on 53rd Street, she doesn’t start with climate change or methane emissions. She starts with rats. “People don’t always realize it, but food scraps in dumpsters are part of what feeds the rodent problem,” she said. “But if you guys compost, you won't have rat issues.”For the past two years, Schellenberg, a Hyde Park resident with a background in sales, has been quietly laying the groundwork for a food scrap composting pilot along 53rd Street.
Mayor Johnson kicks off national small business week at Hyde Park toy store

1 week ago | hpherald.com | Max Blaisdell

As he stepped through the doors of Play Toys and Books in Hyde Park, Mayor Brandon Johnson couldn’t help but beam. The plethora of toys and the vibrancy of their colors, he said, reminded him of the rapture he felt walking into a toy store as a child. “It’s just so exciting,” Johnson added. The newly opened toy store in the old Toys Et Cetera storefront, 1502 E. 55th St., served as the backdrop Monday morning for the city’s official commencement of national small business week.
One year after encampment teardown, activists revive Popular University for Gaza

1 week ago | hpherald.com | Max Blaisdell

A coalition of University of Chicago students, staff, and community members relaunched the Popular University for Gaza on the main quad last week despite widespread fears of a nationwide crackdown on pro-Palestinian speech. Roughly 60 people gathered last Monday afternoon for the opening rally of the renewed Popular University. Though the demonstration was peaceful, with chants and speakers using low-decibel megaphones, it was met with what Rev.
‘It was a blessing’: families get fresh start at Hyde Park shelter

1 week ago | hpherald.com | Jacqueline Serrato |Zoe Pharo

Editor's note: This story is co-published with the South Side Weekly. Carlos and Rocío Rojas arrived in Chicago last June with their 15-year-old daughter, Yuliana, after a months-long journey through seven countries. Fleeing Venezuela’s collapsed economy and political repression, they often traveled long distances on foot, sometimes sleeping on the streets.
KAM II’s green transition

1 week ago | hpherald.com | Zoe Pharo

Beneath the intricate stained glass and brickwork of KAM Isaiah Israel’s century-old sanctuary, something hums quietly below the surface — not a pipe organ, but a high-efficiency geothermal system. Geothermal systems utilize an underground grid of pipes to heat and cool rooms. It can pipe in heat from below the earth’s surface in the winter and pump heat out of the building and back into the ground in the summer.