south side

Jidenna shows Chicago all the love with Fatimah Asghar-directed “Sufi Woman” video and South Side listening party

The Block Beat: Behind the Scenes with Katie Got Bandz

South Side creator Diallo Riddle talks about the style of authenticity his new comedy brings to Chicago

Land Bank is giving away a free Washington Heights home rehabbed by HGTV’s Downing Brothers

Black Chicagoans see the city’s exclusive bikeshare deal with Lyft as another privatized ‘monopoly’

Michelle Obama writes an uplifting letter to her native South Side in the Chicago Defender

Avalon Regal Theater owner talks Kanye West, Chief Keef hologram show and building in the Black community

One man brings healthy living to the South Side with S.O.U.L. community garden

For marchers, the fatal police shooting of Harith Augustus is another example of disregard for Black life

Pastor John F. Hannah amplifies Chicago’s young voices at this year’s “Prayer on the 9”