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For and by Chicago’s South Side. Established 2013. Arts, culture, and politics reporting. Send tips [email protected]
South Side, Chicago
Joined September 2013
Leading up to the massive ICE raid at a South Shore apartment building, neighbors saw drones surveilling the area, and teachers at a nearby school regularly saw agents in the neighborhood. Reporting by Jose Abonce and Maira Khwaja @invisible.institute https://t.co/1Bb1MlQCWh
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Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.
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“In the United States, we have a Constitutional right to peacefully assemble. That right isn’t waived when ICE agents want to terrorize our neighbors. That right isn’t waived when a sitting president wants to appoint himself dictator.” ✍️ Alma Campos https://t.co/pmyAakO8MH
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Hundreds protested outside Broadview ICE in Illinois, resisting Operation Midway Blitz and denouncing raids, deportations, and state violence.
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Best of the South Side 2025 us here, but first we must remind ourselves: we do not celebrate our strength as merit for undeserved suffering, but instead we celebrate the choice to continue to empower ourselves as a means to overcome. https://t.co/4nFdT0fFqp
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s a publication that covers the South Side, we have to be real. We cannot celebrate without acknowledging the struggles so many people are facing at this moment, both here and overseas. The current...
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The Lost Neighborhood of Maxwell Street Market: Project Onward’s exhibition “Poor Man’s Paradise” is an homage to the historic open air market. Story by Delaney Eubanks https://t.co/8qd3Dq1z6f
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Project Onward’s exhibition “Poor Man’s Paradise” is an homage to the historic open air market.
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ICE’s Operation Midway Blitz spread through suburbs and South Side neighborhoods, escalating into detentions, family separation, and the fatal traffic-stop shooting of, Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez. https://t.co/r49IRubOJ4
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Federal agents killed a man during a traffic stop amid widespread sweeps that unfolded during the Mexican Independence Day weekend.
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Chicago’s South Side is saying 'not here.' Locals are training to keep their neighborhoods safe as ICE raids escalate: https://t.co/WauY3NAJhg
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Local organizations are hosting Migra Watch trainings and preparing for a threatened military incursion.
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When ICE picks someone up in Chicago, they’re often sent out of state. Families may not know where they are for days. Here's what may happen after an arrest ⬇️ https://t.co/W2q2AWOtpa
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In the Chicago area, people are initially sent to Broadview Processing Center before being transferred to detention centers out of state.
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In the latest issue of South Side Weekly, @invinst, @mindsitenews, and student journalists from Medill Investigative Lab-Chicago share their investigations of the mental health landscape in Chicago as a whole ⬇️ https://t.co/U5fFJqV1Yt
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Cook County’s jail data-sharing agreement lets ICE access personal info of thousands of immigrants through LexisNexis. Advocates want the ‘risk solutions’ clause removed before the contract renews in November. https://t.co/yslsp0NNpZ
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A clause in the county’s contract lets an information system designed for crime victims funnel sensitive data to ICE-contracted LexisNexis.
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Like many of the Trump regime’s destructive and authoritarian moves this year, the death of CPB has long been a goal of Republicans—and its ramifications will be broad, deep, and lasting. Our latest editors note: https://t.co/b70tDI5yyy
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It’s yet another Trump action that also hurts his own voters.
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En el Condado de Cook, una cláusula en el contrato VINE filtra datos personales a ICE. Por Alma Campos https://t.co/x31uOuS7bK
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Una cláusula en el contrato del condado permite que un sistema creado para notificar a víctimas de delitos canalice datos sensibles hacia LexisNexis, una empresa contratada por ICE.
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Chicagoans turned out for the Bud Biliken parade in its 96th year, a summer tradition since 1929. 📸 K'Von Jackson https://t.co/NKc0xEUVmW
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Parents, elected officials and stakeholders shared their opinions on the 2026 CPS budget at a hearing Wednesday. One thing nearly everyone agreed on was that the state—which earmarked $1.9 billion for CPS this year—should pay more. https://t.co/IETvqNhOFm
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Speakers were divided on whether CPS should include a projected $300 million TIF surplus in the 2026 budget.
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Between 2016 and 2024 a forensic toxicology lab at the University of Illinois Chicago tested people’s bodily fluids for DUI-cannabis investigations using scientifically discredited methods and faulty machinery. Maya Dukmasova for @InjusticeWatch
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A forensics scandal at the University of Illinois Chicago reveals a crisis of oversight in the state’s crime labs.
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Members of the former DIY community space The Orphanage reflect on what made their mutual aid efforts special before getting evicted this year. Story by Chelsea Zhao https://t.co/7E4SNFAecH
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Migrants were evicted from a cooperative home they helped build.
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A notification system used by Cook County to alert crime victims about offenders’ statuses may be allowing ICE to obtain personal data on thousands of immigrants. ✍️ Alma Campos https://t.co/yslsp0NNpZ
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A clause in the county’s contract lets an information system designed for crime victims funnel sensitive data to ICE-contracted LexisNexis.
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After implementing a contribute-what-you-can model last year, new and veteran artists make up a growing and diverse student population seeking space to create and build community. Read more via @SouthSideWeekly:
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After implementing a contribute-what-you-can model last year, new and veteran artist make up a growing and diverse student population seeking space to create and build community.
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Trump has killed the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. As with every outrage from the White House, you can do something about it: Support local media. https://t.co/b70tDI5yyy
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It’s yet another Trump action that also hurts his own voters.
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“We cannot police our way out of public safety? Why not spend that budget on peacekeepers? Why not spend that money on health services for everybody in our communities?” Advocates Want Funds for Vacant CPD Positions Reallocated, reporting by Khalil Dennis https://t.co/uvbLmZz9N0
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Nearly $200 million budgeted for unfilled CPD roles should go instead to peacekeepers and mental health programs, activists say.
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A group of startups, universities, and government agencies are planning to build the world’s biggest quantum computer on the Southeast Side. But what exactly is a quantum computer...? In our latest issue, Siri Chilukuri breaks it all down ⬇️ https://t.co/cwBjuBuBZG
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