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The Weekly's Migration Issue is a comprehensive look into the history, causes, and outcomes of immigration. It includes an illustrated Spanish guide to navigating Chicago's migrant response. Last week, we worked with volunteers and local orgs to distribute hundreds of these guides to new arrivals.

11.16.23
11.16.23

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In the 1960s, White Citizens Councils bussed Black people to Northern cities in “reverse freedom rides” that are echoed today as Southern governors bus asylum seekers to Chicago and other cities. | By JesĂșs Flores southsideweekly.com/bussing-as-a...

Bussing as a Political Pawn: The Reverse Freedom Rides – South Side Weekly
Bussing as a Political Pawn: The Reverse Freedom Rides – South Side Weekly

In 1962, Southern segregationists bussed hundreds of Black Americans to Northern cities, hoping to expose liberal hypocrisy. It backfired.

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This edition of The Exchange features a poem by SSW community builder Chima Ikoro, another by an incarcerated writer, and a new prompt for submissions!

The Exchange: the color of girlhood – South Side Weekly
The Exchange: the color of girlhood – South Side Weekly

The Exchange, the Weekly’s poetry corner, offers our thoughts in exchange for yours.

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This week's edition (on newsstands tomorrow) has four pages of photos and reporting on Chicago's protests against Israel's invasion of Gaza, where IDF bombing has killed more than 3,000 children over the past three weeks.

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A great deep dive into the records of Oath Keepers serving in the Chicago Police Dept. When @npr.orggraphics.suntimes.com/extremism-ra...

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