Welcome to Neighborhood Watch Illustration: Rae Rae Villarreal/15 West Oak Park Oak Park residents question wording of indoor pool referendum Ballot measure asks voters to approve $40 million in bonds, but does not mention that the Ridgeland Common outdoor pool would be replaced. By Georgia Rau • 5 min read Anita Piotrowski. | NaBeela Washington/15 West Art Anita Piotrowski Finally Gets to Be Seen In retirement, she's become the artist she always was. By NaBeela Washington • 7 min read The Little Village arch on 26th Street at sunset. | NaBeela Washington/15 West Little Village After Operation Midway Blitz, Little Village refuses to disappear Six months later, residents are still healing. But they're also organizing, shopping local, and refusing to be broken. By Alondra Carmona • 4 min read Community members take turns at a piñata during Ojala's Eid celebration. | Provided by Jordan Esparza-Kelley 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 P.E.R.R.O. members rally outside City Hall. | Provided by Zitlalli Paez 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 A visitor observes photographic works depicting scenes from daily life, waterfront moments, and groups of people, contemplating the human stories captured within the frames. | Provided by Bobby Vanecko 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
Illustration: Rae Rae Villarreal/15 West Oak Park Oak Park residents question wording of indoor pool referendum Ballot measure asks voters to approve $40 million in bonds, but does not mention that the Ridgeland Common outdoor pool would be replaced. By Georgia Rau • 5 min read
Anita Piotrowski. | NaBeela Washington/15 West Art Anita Piotrowski Finally Gets to Be Seen In retirement, she's become the artist she always was. By NaBeela Washington • 7 min read
The Little Village arch on 26th Street at sunset. | NaBeela Washington/15 West Little Village After Operation Midway Blitz, Little Village refuses to disappear Six months later, residents are still healing. But they're also organizing, shopping local, and refusing to be broken. By Alondra Carmona • 4 min read
Community members take turns at a piñata during Ojala's Eid celebration. | Provided by Jordan Esparza-Kelley 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
P.E.R.R.O. members rally outside City Hall. | Provided by Zitlalli Paez 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
A visitor observes photographic works depicting scenes from daily life, waterfront moments, and groups of people, contemplating the human stories captured within the frames. | Provided by Bobby Vanecko 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
