South Side Weekly
WEB3 days ago — Community newspaper by and for Chicago's South Side. Arts, Culture, Politics. Est. 2013.
The Narratives of Robeson High School
WEBExplore the legacy of Paul Robeson High School through the experiences of the south side Chicago community that it impacted. By South Side Weekly Radio
Fifty Years of Fred Hampton’s Rainbow Coalition - South Side …
WEBSep 27, 2019 — C hicago-style coalition-building helped to produce the first Black mayor of Chicago and put its first Latinx representatives in office. Some even believe its legacy led to the election of the city’s first Black woman mayor. But unbeknownst to many, this form of organizing started in the streets fifty years ago with what was called the “Rainbow Coalition”: a progressive, fundamentally ...
Writing Rundown — South Side Weekly Resources
WEB2. Submit a new pitch . A good pitch should set up an issue or other story idea, explain why it’s compelling to cover, provide basic information about the background of the issue, and suggest some reporting avenues of inquiry and research.
COVID-19 Deaths in Chicago’s Neighborhoods
WEBFeb 2, 2023 — A Live Tracker. By Bea Malsky. Chicago is a city of socially knit neighborhoods, not precisely boxed zip codes or uniform experience. In order to understand the public health of our city and to properly advocate for just allocation of care and resources, we must see clearly the way illness appears along lines of disparity.
The Chicago Housing Authority Explained – South Side Weekly
WEBFeb 25, 2022 — O riginally intended to replace overcrowded, deeply impoverished neighborhoods, Chicago’s midcentury public housing developments initially offered significantly better living conditions to residents, and for a time were, as author Dawn Turner told the South Side Weekly, “bastions” of stability that “conferred dignity on the residents.”. But subsequent decades of disinvestment and ...
Become a Contributor — South Side Weekly Resources
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How to pitch — South Side Weekly Resources
WEBHow do I find out about things to pitch? Read the news . Sources like daily newspapers, Block Club, and the city’s myriad other location or topic-specific news outlets often provide news stories that can be developed into longer pitches for the Weekly
Mapping Chicago’s Racial Segregation – South Side Weekly
WEBFeb 24, 2022 — This story was produced for WTTW’S FIRSTHAND: SEGREGATION, an award-winning FIRSTHAND multiplatform, multi-year initiative focusing on the firsthand perspectives of people facing critical issues in Chicago.South Side Weekly partnered with WTTW and the Invisible Institute to co-publish text and visual reporting and analysis covering the impact racial divisions have on individuals, the city ...
Grace Del Vecchio - South Side Weekly
WEBJan 30, 2023 — Co-op members, City officials, and housing organizers weigh in on whether limited-equity housing co-ops can provide affordable and sustainably priced housing