South Side Weekly

02/22/2025

Despite moving on from photography, Patric McCoy continued his passion for art by collecting artwork by Black artists and displaying them in his North Kenwood home.

BoSS 2024's "Best Collection of Black Art," by Luz Magdaleno Flores ⬇️
https://southsideweekly.com/best-collection-of-black-art-patric-mccoy-kenwood/

02/22/2025

As the president shows he’s determined to flout Constitutional limits to his power, ordinary citizens are democracy’s last line of defense.

Take a look at our editors note, The People vs. Trump 🗞

As the president shows he’s determined to flout Constitutional limits to his power, ordinary citizens are democracy’s last line of defense.

02/21/2025

The South Side is continually celebrating Black stories—this month and every month. Reflect, learn, and revisit the powerful narratives we've shared:

Get to know the late Timuel Black in his own words in his interview with Maira Khwaja

In June 2021, Maira Khwaja sat down with Black for an interview in his home. What follows are Timuel Black’s own words, as told to Khwaja.

02/21/2025

“Anybody can tell this story, but not everybody can tell this story to the people whose story it is.”

Lorraine Hansberry’s 1957 play "A Raisin in the Sun" gets its due at Court Theatre. Reporting by Zoe Pharo for Hyde Park Herald.

The production of Lorraine Hansberry’s 1957 play is running through March 2.

02/20/2025

We can’t talk about Black History in Chicago without House music! Dive in to this debate about the genre’s origins (or join the argument in the comments)

Chicago house heads discuss whether 2024 is truly the genre’s 40th anniversary.

02/20/2025

The City Council approved tightened restrictions on parking cars for sale on public streets and a United Center development plan, but a speed limit reduction and borrowing plan both hit roadblocks ⬇️

Two mayoral opponents used a parliamentary maneuver to delay a vote on Johnson’s infrastructure bond measure.

02/20/2025

How Are Chicago Schools Responding to Increased Immigration Enforcement?

Samantha Smylie and Reema Amin give us five examples via Chalkbeat Chicago

Here are five examples.

02/19/2025

Community organizing has a deep and powerful history here in Chicago. Take a look back at Fifty Years of Fred Hampton’s Rainbow Coalition, written by Jacqueline Serrato.

A look back on how multiracial Chicago-style coalition building has influenced organizing to this day.

02/19/2025

Who's idea was it to make Pulaski Road seven lanes wide? Will lowering the speed limit make roads safer? Are saftey structures in the works?

Read this Op-Ed by Dixon Galvez-Searle

The way we build our streets matters and has a big impact on traffic safety. In my neighborhood of Archer Heights, we’ve built Pulaski to be seven lanes wide.

02/18/2025

As the first Black “librarian-in-charge” in Chicago, Vivian Harsh was a pioneer in Black archiving and librarianship. Now, her historical research collection will be more accessible than ever before.

The Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature is about to become more accessible than ever.

02/18/2025

Amid the slew of executive orders, Borderless spoke to Colleen Putzel-Kavanaugh of the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) to explain executive orders, their limitations and the implications of using them to handle immigration policy.

Using executive orders to change U.S. immigration policy isn’t new, or as easy to implement as one might think.

02/17/2025

Englewood's own Cobe Williams reflects on growing up in gang culture, what’s missing in how we study violence and how Chicago compares to other cities in his interview with the Weekly. Join us in uplifting his story!

✍️ Evan F. Moore

A violence interrupter who grew up in Chicago’s gang culture tells his story in a new book he co-authors.

02/15/2025

Ordinary people have led every battle to extend the promise of America to all. Now, we the people must defeat the greatest threat to our freedoms.

Read our latest editors note, The People vs. Trump ⬇️

As the president shows he’s determined to flout Constitutional limits to his power, ordinary citizens are democracy’s last line of defense.

02/14/2025

On the cover of our latest issue: the first play written by a Black woman to be produced on Broadway. Lorraine Hansberry’s iconic "A Raisin in the Sun," set on the South Side, is currently running at Court Theatre through March 2.

Read about this and more
https://issuu.com/southsideweekly/docs/ssw_02.13.25

02/07/2025

Elected officials, non-profit organizations, and rapid response groups are informing people about their rights and spreading the word about ICE sightings to thwart Trump’s deportation agenda.

✍️ Jacqueline Serrato

Elected officials, non-profit organizations, and rapid response groups are informing people about their rights and spreading the word about ICE sightings to thwart Trump’s deportation agenda.

02/06/2025

“How has the love you’ve received or shared transformed you?”

Share your response to our latest prompt in The Exchange, and you could see your poem featured in our next print issue, just in time for Valentine’s Day! Need some inspo? ⬇️

The Exchange, the Weekly’s poetry corner, offers our thoughts in exchange for yours.

02/05/2025

Brazilian funk is growing in Chicago, with local artists bringing the genre’s lively beats to the South Side! Jocelyn Martinez Rosales spotlights how this new wave is shaping the city’s music scene:

A nine-piece ensemble has brought the sounds of Brazilian samba, funk grooves, and jazz to two events so far.