Artists on the South and West sides rely on free or subsidized community housing and the support of mission-driven arts ...

In a June 12 letter, the Caucus expressed frustration about CPD’s approach to federal immigration enforcement and criticized ...

Ante el aumento vertiginoso de los precios de la vivienda en un barrio en proceso de gentrificación, vivir en la casa ...

After hundreds of complaints, citations, and a class-action settlement, city inspectors’ notes show instances where MAT ...

After implementing a contribute-what-you-can model last year, new and veteran artist make up a growing and diverse student ...

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

Despite the simplicity of Chicago’s famous grid system, designed for flat land and seemingly equitable on a map, residents of Chicago have never been equally dispersed or had the same freedom of ...

Historians and activists push to recognize the history of Underground Railroad stops and guides in the south suburbs.

Alderpersons want to decide on a ward-by-ward basis whether to keep ShotSpotter. We found sensors in thirty-five wards.

A gunshot is fired. Depending on where in the city it is, the sound might not just be picked up by human ears. By early next year, almost 130 square miles of Chicago will be monitored for gunshots by ...

Recent investigations by WBEZ and the Weekly uncovered domestic violence allegations against interim police superintendent Fred Waller that prompted Karla Altmayer, the chair of the City’s task force ...

With property taxes at an all-time high, Pilsen residents push back against expanding TIF in their neighborhood for fear it would displace more residents.