South Side Weekly

UChicago Trauma Center saved lives by cutting travel time for shooting victims, study finds. southsideweekly.com/uchicago-traum…

The latest piece in our investigative series, “Doing Time,” explores the numerous, entrenched challenges that disabled people who live at Cook County Jail face. southsideweekly.com/they-have-no-r…

‘This Place Changed My Life’: How Community Programs Break Down Barriers to Help Young People Start Careers. southsideweekly.com/community-prog…

Mental health is a crisis and Chicago's youth are creating spaces to care for one another. southsideweekly.com/young-chicagoa…

Editor emeritus of the Weekly, Jacqueline Serrato, reflects on the 20th anniversary of Immigration marches on May Day. southsideweekly.com/chicagoans-tak…

Still dragging your feet to get off Spotify? Consider this your sign and learn how to support Chicago's scene. southsideweekly.com/beating-the-al…

Look out for our newest issue featuring an investigation on the challenges disabled people face living inside Cook County Jail, a reflection on May Day, Spotify alternatives, and more! southsideweekly.com

As ICE raids targeted Pilsen, foot traffic fell for a neighborhood taqueria, Casa Cafe. The community's response: moshing. southsideweekly.com/how-casa-cafe-…

Pilsen has a new home for "all the South Side freaks and rockers and weirdos," says Benny Hernadez, co-owner of his family-owned bar, New Rose. southsideweekly.com/new-rose-for-t…

Ava V. Marie and Gemini Jynx opened the Pynk Portal Pole Sanctuary last year, a pole and dance studio for adults of all sizes and abilities. southsideweekly.com/thursday-eveni…

"The South Side is something to be proud of." Menace4hire, the 21-year old musician, designer and entrepreneur from West Englewood, takes us behind the scenes of his craft. southsideweekly.com/menace4hire-is…

Did you know housing cooperatives come in all different shapes and sizes? Learn what the Southside has to offer. southsideweekly.com/a-different-wa…

Meet Brian Herrera, the artist behind our Alternative Issue cover, and his practice of Mesofuturism, exploring “what if the Aztecs were never colonized?" southsideweekly.com/imagining-alte…

Veracruzana director Joyce Garcia's documentary "Yo No Soy Guapo" explores cumbia as resistance from Chicago's South Side to Tepito. southsideweekly.com/mexican-docume…

Meet the movers and shakers reclaiming punk rock as Black, Queer, and Indigenous in DIY venues across Chicago. southsideweekly.com/the-black-punk…

“Don’t expect to plant a seed and then you have fruit tomorrow.” Heavy Crownz, farmer and rapper from Englewood, explores the inspiration behind his latest album, Trench Baby Turned Farmer, and celebrates the past, present, and futures of Englewood. southsideweekly.com/heavy-crownz

This issue features the people who push art, politics, and possibility beyond the mainstream, offering Chicago alternative ways of creating, consuming, organizing, living and healing. Join us tonight at New Rose bar from 6-9pm to pick up a copy! southsideweekly.com/the-alternativ…

“Rieles y Raíces” places Mexicans on the South Side of Chicago in the early 1900s as laborers who helped to build the railroad. @SouthSideWeekly southsideweekly.com/traqueros-de-c…

The FBI's probe into an alleged ghost payrolling scheme at Sheriff Dart's office uncovered prior internal investigations into illegal gambling and bribery that hadn't led to dismissals. southsideweekly.com/david-chiko-cc…

“My favorite part is the hunt. I love when there’s something weird or specific, and I have to find it.” Court Theatre’s head of props, Lara Musard, brings stories to life on stage by finding just the right things. southsideweekly.com/court-theatres…