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South Side Weekly
3 days ago · SUBSCRIBE TO THE PRINT EDITION. An interview with Marguerite L. Harrold, author of Chicago House Music: Culture and Community. A journalist tells the true crime story …
Mapping Chicago’s Racial Segregation – South Side Weekly
Feb 24, 2022 · This story was produced for WTTW’S FIRSTHAND: SEGREGATION, an award-winning FIRSTHAND multiplatform, multi-year initiative focusing on the firsthand perspectives …
The Chicago Housing Authority Explained – South Side Weekly
Feb 25, 2022 · O riginally intended to replace overcrowded, deeply impoverished neighborhoods, Chicago’s midcentury public housing developments initially offered significantly better living …
Inside Chinatown’s Century-Long Fight for Power
Dec 26, 2023 · C han and other civic leaders attribute the exclusion to Chinatown’s lack of a political voice and involvement, to the detriment of the community. In 1998, Chan founded …
COVID-19 Deaths in Chicago’s Neighborhoods
Feb 2, 2023 · This live tracker of COVID-19 deaths by community area is intended for use as a tool toward those ends. Total deaths attributed. to COVID-19 in Chicago: 7,413. Last updated …
King David and Boss Daley – South Side Weekly
Nov 17, 2022 · David Barksdale was born to Virginia and Charlie “Rainy” Barksdale, Jr. on May 24, 1947 in Sallis, Mississippi. The Barksdales were sharecroppers in Mississippi, and they …
Stadium Shenanigans – South Side Weekly
by Malachi Hayes March 14, 2024. Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf wants to move the team from its current park (pictured) to a new location, and wants the public to fund the new stadium. Credit: …
Writing Rundown — South Side Weekly Resources
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