South Side Weekly

12/18/2025

In our last print issue of the year; A months-long investigation by Alma Campos and Max Blaisdell revealed immigrants trying to navigate a legal path to citizenship & residency are often targeted by scammers.

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12/17/2025

A majority of alderpersons and the mayor remained deadlocked over the 2026 budget at Wednesday’s City Council meeting—inching the city closer to a potential government shutdown in January.

Reporting by Leigh Giangreco

The mayor and alderpersons remain at odds over whether to close a fiscal gap by taxing large corporations or raising fees for services to residents.

12/16/2025

You can call 311 for almost anything, and you should. It’s your greatest defense against the threat of uncleared snow and ice, and it’s relatively easy to navigate.

Learn how in our latest editors note

n a recent Facebook post, a member of the Rogers Park News Group wrote: “$17 million spent on bike lanes that will not be used for over 6 months” in a post of a photo of what appears to be a bike lane completely covered by snow—as cars drive down cleared roads in the background. […]

12/15/2025

Amid freezing temperatures and failing infrastructure, tenants of 7500 South Shore building that federal agents raided in September were forced to move this past weekend.

Tenants of a South Shore building raided by federal agents are ordered to vacate by Dec. 12, despite freezing weather and unsafe, deteriorating conditions.

12/13/2025

Take a ride—an aventón—along 26th Street as you do your Christmas shopping.

igh profile border patrol and immigration agents may have largely moved on since “Operation Midway Blitz” wrapped up its campaign of terror in mid-November, but that doesn’t mean life for Chicago’s 600,000 immigrants and their communities is back to normal. Since the arrival of Greg Bovino a...

12/08/2025

South Side Weekly is putting together a staff and reader-driven roundup of our favorite South Side artists, songs, and shows from this year, and we want you to hear from you!

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12/08/2025

A months-long investigation by Alma Campos and Max Blaisdell revealed immigrants trying to navigate a legal path to citizenship & residency are often targeted by scammers.

In Illinois, immigrants have lost thousands of dollars to notarios offering legal assistance they’re not qualified to provide—as well as other impostors. Nationally, the figure is at least $1.2 million.

12/03/2025

Sentido Builds Space for Latino Joy and Survival: The pop-up series partnered with Little Village’s Carnitas Uruapan for its fourteenth event 🎉

The pop-up series partnered with Little Village’s Carnitas Uruapan for its fourteenth event

12/02/2025

“They literally grabbed my head. They were pulling my hair and they banged it on the car that was parked,”

Ricardo Cruz, a 19 y/o U.S. citizen, said he was trying to warn neighbors about immigration agents when CBP officers attacked and detained him.

Ricardo Cruz, a nineteen-year-old U.S. citizen, said he was trying to warn neighbors about immigration agents when CBP officers boxed him in, pulled him from his truck, pepper-sprayed him, and held him for hours.

12/02/2025

Did you know? The Robert Taylor Homes, encompassing twenty-eight structures, each sixteen stories high, and stretching two miles along South State Street, was the largest housing project in the city and, at one point, in the country.

From the archives: southsideweekly.com/growing-up-in-the-robert-taylor-housing-projects/

A former public housing resident shares her experiences living in the Projects and watching them fall.

12/01/2025

“You don’t have your car keys, you don’t have your door keys, you don’t have your debit card, you don’t have anything.”

Micah Clark Moody and Maheen Khan break down the struggle of retrieving personal items after being arrested ⬇️

During arrest, people are separated from their property. Getting it back is not easy.