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Faith

How Ojala Foundation Is Building What Chicago's Latino Muslim Community Never Had

What happens when a Latino Muslim community decides to build its own home and leaves the door open for others in the process.

By Sumaiyya Siddiqi • 4 min read

Environment

Pilsen Has Lived Through One Bad Demolition. Residents Are Fighting to Make Sure Fisk Is Different.

Residents say the Fisk site is full of heavy metals and coal ash that haven't been properly tested. They halted the demolition once. Now they're fighting to make sure it stays halted until the city does it right.

By Liana Ordoñez • 7 min read

Gaza

In the first live-streamed genocide, Chicago challenges media narratives on Gaza

Local artists, educators, and journalists are using exhibitions, research, and storytelling to counter what they see as dehumanizing coverage of Palestinians.

By Caroline Keane • 5 min read

Environment

From Vacant Lots to Gardens of Resistance

Communities across Chicago and its suburbs are joining cities nationwide in rewriting the narrative around food access and green space. Residents are turning abandoned lots into vibrant spaces for growing food, building community, and practicing resistance.

By Liana Ordoñez • 4 min read

Latest Articles

Español

De Terrenos Vacíos a Jardines de Resistencia

Las comunidades de Chicago y alrededores se unen a un movimiento nacional para reescribir la narrativa sobre el acceso a alimentos y espacios verdes. Residentes organizan recuperar terrenos abandonados y convertirlos en espacios vivos que cultivan alimentos y fortalecen comunidad.

By Liana Ordoñez • 4 min read

Sports

After playoff run, Chicago Winds find new talent for Year 2

The team proved women's tackle football has an eager audience in Chicago, and they're just getting started.

By Zoë Takaki • 6 min read

ICE

Chicago's community organizers build rapid response model as ICE shifts focus nationwide

Community groups across Chicago are equipping residents with legal guides, know-your-rights trainings, and rapid response networks to protect immigrant families.

By Lauren Neher • 5 min read

Housing

We Are Here, pt. 2

In the second of three parts, a photo essay explores how Chicago's West Side communities insist on presence and dignity in the face of displacement, revealing the persistence of life where others see only absence.

By Genesis Falls • 5 min read

Accessibility

Austin station construction forces riders to walk extra block

Months of construction test commuters' patience as $25 million accessibility project continues

By Arturo Fernandez • 3 min read

Environment

Forgotten to flourishing: Heritage students transform school garden

Heritage Middle School students are learning that food doesn't just come from grocery stores; it grows from soil, seeds, and hard work in their seven-bed community garden.

By Maya Swan-Sullivan • 5 min read

Little Village

Grandma Irma's cocina feeds everyone

After 36 years as a waitress, Irma Ceballos opened her own Mexican restaurant in Little Village, where family recipes and unconditional hospitality have made her a neighborhood pillar.

By NaBeela Washington • 5 min read

Español

La Cocina de Irma alimenta a todos

Luego de 36 años como camarera, Irma Ceballos abrió su propio restaurante Mexicano en Little Village, donde sus recetas familiares y hospitalidad incondicional la han hecho un pilar del vecindario.

By Keila Gallardo • 5 min read

ICE

Chicago's community organizers build rapid response model as ICE shifts focus nationwide

Community groups across Chicago are equipping residents with legal guides, know-your-rights trainings, and rapid response networks to protect immigrant families.

By Lauren Neher • 5 min read

Little Village

Grandma Irma's cocina feeds everyone

After 36 years as a waitress, Irma Ceballos opened her own Mexican restaurant in Little Village, where family recipes and unconditional hospitality have made her a neighborhood pillar.

By NaBeela Washington • 5 min read

Latest Articles

Español

De Terrenos Vacíos a Jardines de Resistencia

By Liana Ordoñez • 4 min read

Sports

After playoff run, Chicago Winds find new talent for Year 2

The team proved women's tackle football has an eager audience in Chicago, and they're just getting started.

By Zoë Takaki • 6 min read

ICE