How One Neighborhood Confronts ICE
City Life

Scenes From the Occupation

As the feds cracked down on immigration in Chicago this fall, filmmaker Carlos Javier Ortiz’s camera was rolling. These stills and footage show a city in crisis — and a city defiant. Read more
“It’s always quiet here,” says an Albany Park resident, “but out of nowhere, they decided to come, to hit our community.” Read more

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“It’s always quiet here,” says an Albany Park resident, “but out of nowhere, they decided to come, to hit our community.” Read more
The city’s go-to restorer has worked on everything from two particular bronze lions (you know the ones) to ancient rock art. Read more
As the feds cracked down on immigration in Chicago this fall, filmmaker Carlos Javier Ortiz’s camera was rolling. These stills and footage show a city in crisis — and a city defiant. Read more
A poet reacts to the immigration crackdown in his hometown the way he knows best: through verse. Read more
We need to head back to the year 1703, when the French controlled the Illinois Country. Read more