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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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southsideweekly.com | Madison Hopkins |Meredith Newman
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. 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.
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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.
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