Chronicling the past, writing the future on Chicago’s West Side
“The now-decrepit Guyon Hotel at 4000 W. Washington Street is a staple of West Garfield Park’s landscape, with a rich
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Former SJNN Fellow at Univision explores displacement of Latinos
Logan Square, Pilsen and other Chicago neighborhoods home to many Latino residents are among the city’s most quickly gentrifying. Rents
Read moreCovering Police Reform in Chicago
Police accountability and violence is the “number one story” in Chicago, according to Steve Franklin, ethnic and community project manager
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Cook County Judge Jackie Portman talks about her unique style, second chances
SJNN Fellow Maya Dukmasova has spent many hours in Cook County bond court, where people charged with crimes shuffle in
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Young Fugitives performance probes a killing and ‘the stories that don’t get told’
By Kari Lydersen Deonta Mackey had a gun. That differentiates him from Michael Brown in Ferguson and various other Black
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Ondelee Perteet’s drive to survive
On September 5, 2009, 14-year-old Ondelee Perteet was shot in the face during a birthday party at his older sister’s West Side home. In a split second he went from being a cheerful energetic teenager to a quadriplegic, a bullet lodged in his spine.
Read moreWhere’s Our psychiatrists?
SJNN Fellows Adrienne Hurst and Rachel White document the North River Consumer Council’s quest for answers about the lack of
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