What Happened To Chicago’s Japanese Neighborhood?
Lake View once had a thriving Japanese community, but it fell victim to a push for assimilation. As one Japanese-American puts it: “You had to basically be unseen.”
Lake View once had a thriving Japanese community, but it fell victim to a push for assimilation. As one Japanese-American puts it: “You had to basically be unseen.”
Eric Klinenberg, author of “Heat Wave,” talks about the summer of ’95 and the lessons learned as we confront the COVID-19 pandemic.
The CTA is cleaning frequently, limiting passengers per car and monitoring platforms via camera. We talked to riders about the experience.
Sherry Williams has spent 15 years researching Green’s legacy. As Quaker Oats retires the Aunt Jemima name from its pancake products, Williams hopes it won’t be forgotten.
We asked Chicago area high school seniors to reflect on how they’ve processed the past year’s events, and what change they hope comes of it.
Demonstrators hung strings of cranes outside Cook County Jail and evoked their own history of mass incarceration.
Ransacked stores, shattered windows. Here’s what it looks like in the Loop and Chicago’s neighborhoods.
Protestors chanted, “No justice, no peace” as they moved through downtown for hours by foot, bike and car.
In a time of racial tensions and division, Renee Tajima-Peña says Asian American history can provide lessons for how to move forward together.
Marla Callistein’s front yard became a place for neighbors to see her son’s art and to connect during a time of social isolation.