Commemorating Chicago’s Red Summer of 1919
Photos of key sites and commemorative events on the 100th anniversary of Eugene Williams's murder.
How Poverty Found a Home in the Chicago Suburbs
The changing geography of poverty in Illinois and across the country.
Rebel Girl of West Ridge
From the Chicago Neighborhood Guidebook.
Protesting ICE Immigration Raids in Chicago
Thousands gathered in Chicago's Daley Plaza to protest migrant imprisonment and planned ICE raids in major U.S. cities.
Introduction: “This City is Killing Me”
The introduction to a new book on "community trauma and toxic stress in urban America."
“Out of the Closets and Into the Streets”
Queer Midwestern communities were politically active in the pivotal years leading up to Stonewall.
Tying the Green New Deal to Environmental Justice in Chicago
The youth-led national Sunrise Movement made a case to local organizers.
Call for Submissions: Reimagining Rust Belt Infrastructure
In search of features, essays, and commentary on the connections between infrastructure and issues of climate, environment, equity, and democracy in the region.
Birdwatching at Indiana Dunes National Park
The Indiana Dunes Birding Festival and the art of paying attention.
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Affordable Housing Project
American System-Built Homes in Chicago (and elsewhere).
Chicago’s First Nations Garden
“While this is a space for Native people to use, to heal our traumas...[it's also] a space so we can outreach to the greater Chicago community."
The Young Patriots and the Fight for the Working Class in Uptown
In the 1960s, the organization partnered with the Black Panthers and Young Lords, providing a model for multiracial coalition-building in Chicago.