Teresa Helena Moreno, associate professor and librarian at the University of Illinois Chicago, discusses what we mean by ...

The White Sox are asking for a billion-dollar ballpark. But is it a good deal for the South Side? Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf wants to move the team from its current park (pictured) to a new location, ...

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing. The 150-unit apartment building at 7500 S ...

Many Chicagoans know both statements are true. And many South Side Weekly readers have not felt safe or at peace in their neighborhoods since last September, when federal agents were deployed to the ...

A rendering of the University of Chicago Medicine’s Cancer Center, to be built on 57th Street between Maryland and Drexel avenues. Photo provided Credit: Photo provided The University of Chicago ...

“Remember Their Names” wheatpaste posters by Brian Herrera hangs mounted on the wall of Oasis Ristorante at 18th and Wood streets in Pilsen during the afternoon of July 26, 2026. The work by Herrera ...

The Exchange is the Weekly’s poetry corner that celebrates the power of the literary arts and the bridge it creates between those of all walks of life. As someone who was saved by the ink on pages, it ...

At their meeting, members of the Gender-Based Violence Task Force expected to hear Chicago Police Department (CPD) officials discuss how they handle officers accused of gender-based violence. CPD ...

“Mr. Briggs, you’re free to go,” U.S. Magistrate Judge Gabriel Fuentes said in his courtroom in Chicago on the morning of November 20. He had just dismissed the assault case against Dana Briggs, a ...

Founded in 2013, South Side Weekly is dedicated to producing local journalism that is for, by, and about the South Side of Chicago. Over the past decade, the Weekly has grown from a volunteer-run ...

ast issue, the Weekly spoke with associate professor Kellee E. Warren to break down what presidential libraries are, why they matter, and how the Obama Presidential Center is distinct. This issue, ...