In June, contractors demolished two dormitories at Cook County Jail, filling surrounding Little Village with airborne pollutants.
City Bureau talks to three organizers on the Southeast Side
We spoke with everyday Chicagoans in two neighborhoods with vaccination rates significantly lower than the city’s average.
Stories and lessons from inside the Stop General Iron hunger strike
Little Village applicants say they are qualified for the 2,000 positions but haven’t received calls for interviews.
Fifteen years after it became a community garden, the space cultivates healing for young and old.
We talked to residents on the South and West Sides about gas and electric costs, resources and what assistance programs they wish existed to help with debt and disconnections.
BIPOC growers on what it’s like to urban farm on the south and west sides [Chicago Reader]
This summer, our fellowship team is reporting on the Southwest Side neighborhood and its relationship with industrial polluters.
We talked to marketgoers on the South and West Sides about their favorite produce garden tips and why they shop at farmers markets.
This summer, one of City Bureau’s fellowship teams is exploring environmental justice on the Southeast Side.
For the immigrant farmers of Catatumbo Cooperative Farm, working on land brings them closer to home.
Los organizadores de la coalición ‘Stop General Iron’, hablan sobre la sanación y su visión para el sureste de la ciudad.
Molly Costello uses art, seeds, and story to weave our way back into all the ways that connect us.
Stop General Iron organizers talk about healing and their vision for the Southeast Side.
Nancy Bartekian co-founded a local anti-colonial, anti-borders youth collective, SWANA Chicago (SouthWest Asia and North Afrika), that wants to decolonize language, hearts and minds.
On national news, Lightfoot presents herself as a progressive queer Black woman—but does she truly understand the Black liberation struggle?
Dos músicos locales construyeron un santuario llamado Casa Al-Fatiha para solicitantes de asilo LGBTQ.
Taylor Moon prophesies a beautiful journey of Black spiritual healing in Chicago.
At Casa Al-Fatiha in Logan Square, two local musicians built a sanctuary for LGBTQ asylum seekers.