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No Warrant, No Warning: A Family’s Fight After an ICE Arrest
After ICE agents detained Abel Orozco without a warrant, his family and organizers across Chicago are fighting to bring him ...
South Side Weekly23hOpinion
A Constitutional Crisis is Unfolding
Due process is a bedrock of American democracy—it’s time for all of us to protect it from Trump’s authoritarian assaults.
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Cook County Jail Restrained People in Chairs 874 Times—and Never Reported It to the State
The state requires jails to report when they use restraint chairs. For nearly 900 cases from 2019 to 2023, Cook County Jail ...
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Curfew Compromise Floated
A new ordinance would allow police to call snap curfews on large gatherings of teenagers anywhere in the city.
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The Exchange: can a broken piano still be played, or is this song over?
The Exchange, the Weekly’s poetry corner, offers our thoughts in exchange for yours. The Weekly’s poetry corner, where a poem or piece of writing is presented with a prompt. Readers are welcome to ...
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Grace Hauck, Illinois Answers Project
The state requires jails to report when they use restraint chairs. For nearly 900 cases from 2019 to 2023, Cook County Jail never did.
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On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from teh Twentieth Century
Due process is a bedrock of American democracy—it’s time for all of us to protect it from Trump’s authoritarian assaults.
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Pam Bondi
Due process is a bedrock of American democracy—it’s time for all of us to protect it from Trump’s authoritarian assaults.
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El Salvador
Due process is a bedrock of American democracy—it’s time for all of us to protect it from Trump’s authoritarian assaults.