After the parade, lion dancers spread throughout the Chinatown area to bless local businesses with good fortune throughout the new year with many patrons from the day’s event visiting local ...

South Side Weekly and Build Coffee and Books hosted the first of our Third Thursdays open mic and writing workshop.

This is post 1 of 6 in the series “FIRSTHAND: SEGREGATION” Chicago is one of the most segregated cities in the United States. Over the last century, an array of political and cultural forces have ...

Thousands gathered to celebrate the annual Lunar New Year Parade on the first day of March.

This story was supported by a grant from the Fund for Investigative Journalism. It was also produced with the support of Blue Shield of California Foundation, working to change the conversation about ...

This investigation is the first in a series of projects that will document and explore public housing on the South Side. If you have tips or suggestions about coverage, email ...

Cold homes are linked to significant health issues, especially for the elderly. Studies have linked cold indoor temperatures ...

On Monday, the City Council Committee on Police & Fire advanced an ordinance that would place the decision to keep ShotSpotter at the ward level, with individual alderpersons choosing whether or not ...

This piece is part of a series that explores the various perspectives around defunding the police. This relationship is perhaps best exemplified by UofChicago’s Crime Lab, a research center with over ...

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 ...

During the summer of 1997 my family moved from Gage Park to the Scottsdale neighborhood on Chicago’s far Southwest Side. Twenty years before my family became one of the first Mexican families on the ...

This investigation was co-produced by Block Club Chicago, Cicero Independiente, the Investigative Project on Race and Equity, Invisible Institute, South Side Weekly, and The TRiiBE. José* was inside ...