Barrio journalist & editora @SouthSideWeekly @LaVozChi
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“Rieles y Raíces” places Mexicans on the South Side of Chicago in the early 1900s as laborers who helped to build the railroad. @SouthSideWeekly
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Apr 20
'Marijuana' is borrowed from Mexican Spanish ‘mariguana,’ ‘marihuana,’ of uncertain origin.
The form 'marijuana' is not recorded in Spanish before its use in English in the early twentieth century.
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ICE tried to buy a vacant Big Lots warehouse in Durant, Oklahoma. The Choctaw Nation, which came out in force against the deal, just bought it instead. projectsaltbox.com/p/choctaw…
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Shah Alam, 56, did not speak English. He was lost. He could not see. Border Patrol didn't contact his family or lawyer. They left him on the streets of Buffalo, where he died five days later. motherjones.com/mojo-wire/20…
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RT @allenanalysis: Kyle, TX: Video circulating from @reporteaustin shows an adult attempting to put hands on high school students during a…
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Marimar Martinez: “I am Renee Good. I am Alex Pretti. I am Silverio Villegas González. I am Keith Porter. They should all be here today.”
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Bad Bunny says "ICE OUT" at the #Grammys and receives a massive standing ovation:
"We are not savage, we are not animals, we are not aliens, we are humans and we are Americans. The hate gets more powerful with more hate. The only thing that is more powerful than hate is love. So, please, we need to be different."
(via CBS and The Grammys)
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Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Thank you to everyone who demanded freedom for Liam. We won’t stop until all children and families are home.
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U.S. District Judge Fred Biery's order requires that Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias and his son, Liam Conejo Ramos, be released from federal custody while their immigration case proceeds through the court system. bit.ly/3NRlIYC
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The government’s arrests of journalists Don Lemon and @ByGeorgiaFort are naked attacks on freedom of the press.
Two federal courts flatly rejected prosecuting Lemon, but instead of accepting that humiliating defeat, the government has now doubled down.
Read our statement:
ALT Statement from FPF Chief of Advocacy Seth Stern.
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Jan 22
#BREAKING: Federal jury finds Chicago man NOT GUILTY of offering $10K for the murder of U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino.
The trial of Juan Espinoza Martinez was the first to result from “Operation Midway Blitz”: chicago.suntimes.com/live/cl…
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Jurors are entering the courtroom.
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10 Nov 2025
In our latest print issue, a chaotic federal raid left vendors at the longtime South Side flea market, Swap-O-Rama, shaken. Now they’re demanding stronger protections.
Cover story by José Abonce, photos by Caeli Kean
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14 Oct 2025
“It has been an honor to witness the transformation of the South Side Weekly over the last five years,” said departing editor-in-chief Jackie Serrato @HechaEnChicago
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21 Feb 2025
Nuestro equipo ha creado una serie de notas, en inglés y español, con información para inmigrantes compilada en una página de preguntas frecuentes fácil de navegar.
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6 Mar 2025
With Chicago being called ground zero for deportation, ICIRR’s coalition of community groups are organizing on multiple fronts.
Cordell Longstreath explores how they're strategizing against Trump in the Weekly's latest ⬇️
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20 Jan 2025
BREAKING: President Biden commutes Leonard Peltier's sentence to home confinement. The Native American activist, 80, has served nearly 50 years in federal prison. Tribal nations, former prosecutors, and human rights groups long advocated for his release.
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12 Dec 2024
From Veracruz to Pilsen, these musicians are teaching guitar, community, and resistance, one string at a time. Read about The Altepee Collective and more in our LAST print issue of 2024!
Pick up a copy:
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18 Dec 2024
El triturador de metales de Pilsen obtiene el visto bueno del Ayuntamiento a pesar de las protestas chicago.suntimes.com/la-voz/…
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7 Nov 2024
Jocey y las Mariachis takes a look at the internal conflicts of a Mexican-American woman caught between the expectations of her heritage and her desire to forge her own path.
Jose Alfredo Guerrero's review of this powerful play and more in our latest 🗞
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