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The South Side Weekly is a nonprofit publication and radio program focused on promoting cultural and community involvement in the South Side. It also offers valuable learning experiences for aspiring journalists, writers, and artists. Our content features thorough reports on the arts and relevant community topics, as well as a variety of creative works including oral histories, poetry, fiction, interviews, and visuals from local photographers and illustrators.

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“Granny Flats” Are Illegal To Build In Most Of Chicago-And Political Gridlock Is Keeping It That Way

1 month ago | southsideweekly.com | Alex Nitkin

This story was originally published by the Illinois Answers Project as part of their series Making it in Chicago: Detours and Dead Ends on the Path to Opportunity. For most new parents, finding last-minute childcare usually means an afternoon of frantic phone calls and around $100 dropped on a trusted babysitter. For Brian and Fiona Peterman, it means walking across their backyard.
Making It In Chicago

1 month ago | southsideweekly.com | Binghui Huang

This story was originally published by the Illinois Answers Project as part of their series¬†Making it in Chicago: Detours and Dead Ends on the Path to Opportunity. Around 1938, Marshall Hatch‚Äôs father hopped on a train in Mississippi to follow his older sister to Chicago, a city that promised a better life with opportunities that could benefit generations after him.¬†‚ÄúThey used to say ‚Äėif you can‚Äôt find a job in Chicago, you can‚Äôt find a job anywhere,‚Äô‚ÄĚ Hatch said.
Cook County Medical Debt Help Comes Too Late

1 month ago | southsideweekly.com | Binghui Huang

This story was originally published by the Illinois Answers Project as part of their series Making it in Chicago: Detours and Dead Ends on the Path to Opportunity. The day before Christmas eve in 2023, Andrew Ciaccio was up all night trying to soothe his stomach pains. When he woke, he could barely sit up. Something was wrong. “It was pretty intense,” he recalled. “I was vomiting and really sweating and really feverish and just really in rough shape.
Child Care Costs Are Crushing Families. Why Does Illinois' Largest Subsidy Exclude Thousands?

1 month ago | southsideweekly.com | Madison Hopkins |Meredith Newman

This story was originally published by the Illinois Answers Project as part of their seriesÂ Making it in Chicago: Detours and Dead Ends on the Path to Opportunity. A single mother in Kenwood changed jobs in order to find child careâeven though it meant possibly working fewer hours and less pay. A couple in Park Ridge has paid so much for care they havenât been able to start a college fund for their toddler.
For Senior Homeowners, Solutions to Expensive Home Repairs Can Be a Lifeline… or Leave Their Families with an Inheritance of Debt

1 month ago | southsideweekly.com | Laura Stewart

This story was originally published by the Illinois Answers Project as part of their series Making it in Chicago: Detours and Dead Ends on the Path to Opportunity. LaShon Minter Williams is waiting for a letter that could arrive any day now—one that may force her to leave the home her family has owned for generations. She can’t afford to pay off the mortgage on the West Side home all at once. But she shouldn’t have to.
El alcalde Johnson a medio mandato

1 month ago | southsideweekly.com | Jim Daley

La semana pasada, el alcalde Brandon Johnson realizó una intensa campaña mediática para conmemorar el segundo aniversario de su inauguración.
City Council Stalls Snap Curfews

1 month ago | southsideweekly.com | Leigh Giangreco

Chicago’s police superintendent will not have the power to call snap curfews to address teen gatherings in the city, at least for now. Alderpersons stalled the latest curfew proposal during Wednesday’s City Council meeting, citing concerns over the police department’s ability to unilaterally call the curfew—an earlier version of the ordinance gave that authority to both the police superintendent and the deputy mayor for community safety. Ald.
What It Looks Like to Fight Back: Inside Chicago’s National Public Housing Museum

1 month ago | southsideweekly.com | NaBeela Washington

At the corner of Ada and Taylor Streets, where the wind whips between century-old brick and modern glass, the grand opening of the National Public Housing Museum (NPHM) drew an eager assembly in April. Former and current public housing residents from Cabrini-Green and Altgeld Gardens, city officials, media, and curious Chicagoans gathered to celebrate what had been years in the making.
City Council Committee Advances Revised Curfew Ordinance

1 month ago | southsideweekly.com | Tonia Hill

This story was originally published by The TRiiBE. A last-minute update to an ordinance that would give the Chicago Police superintendent sole authority to enact a “snap curfew” with a 30-minute notice passed out of committee today with a 10-7 vote. The Chicago City Council is expected to have the final say during a scheduled meeting on Wednesday. There’s speculation that the vote may be deferred and published, which is a procedural maneuver that would move the vote to June, Ald.
What Happened to Chicago’s Third Spaces?

1 month ago | southsideweekly.com | Corli Jay

This story was co-published in partnership with The TRiiBE. Back in the 1980s and 1990s, the Southwest Side’s Ford City Mall and far South Side’s Evergreen Plaza were places where teenagers were welcome to congregate, meet with friends and hang out on the weekends. Chicago had multiple skating rinks, teen clubs, bowling alleys, school-sponsored House parties and welcoming spaces — often called third spaces — where teens could kick it. Those were different times.