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Sarah Conway is a Chicago-based independent journalist who covers immigration, subculture and social justice.

Her work has appeared in Chicago magazine, Chicago Reader, South Side Weekly, In These Times, Newcity and other publications. She is a former fellow at City Bureau, a civic journalism lab based on the South Side of Chicago, and a reporter at 90 Days, 90 Voices, a storytelling project covering the refugee crisis.

Sarah previously worked in Iraq, Niger, Madagascar and Ghana.

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Hazim's Electronic Dreams: Documenting the Yazidi Genocide

Hazim's Electronic Dreams: Documenting the Yazidi Genocide

Hazim Adval, a self-taught Iraqi programmer, built software to help victims of the ISIS-led genocide of the Y…

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The Father of Three Bracing for Deportation

The Father of Three Bracing for Deportation

Felix Garcia, a Guatemalan immigrant, is scheduled to be deported today. This is his story.

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Mothers on Both Sides of Chicago Violence Find Sisterhood in Loss

Mothers on Both Sides of Chicago Violence Find Sisterhood in Loss

Some have sons in prison. Others have sons who were murdered. At Precious Blood Ministry, this group of mothe…

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Grandmothers of Chicago's Restorative Justice Movement

Grandmothers of Chicago's Restorative Justice Movement

Restorative justice, a mediation technique that uses peace circles to help people resolve disputes, is practi…

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Trial by Peace Circle: How a Chicago Community Is Pursuing Jail-Free Justice

Trial by Peace Circle: How a Chicago Community Is Pursuing Jail-Free Justice

West Side residents are creating alternatives to traditional, punitive courts.

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Filmmaker Brings Stories of Syria's Disappeared to Chicago

Filmmaker Brings Stories of Syria's Disappeared to Chicago

Mariam Hallaq's face is like a moon: a tightly pinned white hijab frames her moist yet steadfast eyes. She's …

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Carbon Hill School Museum in Grundy County is preserving the state’s forgotten coal mining history

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Carbon Hill School Museum Many of my hot summer days as a child were spent in the coal mines of Grundy County, floating in the water-filled caverns that bloom into a series of local lakes. Feeling the cold, dark depths beneath your kicking legs felt like a rite of passage, hovering above the infinite nothingness of those long-abandoned mines. As a descendant of coal miners in Illinois, I’ve always been drawn to these landscapes: the lush rural swaths that mark what coal country once was.
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Our neighbors - Chicago Reader

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I don’t remember the exact day that Simmy and I met on the quiet street where I’d recently put down roots. When he asked to clean my car, as he does for all the cars on the block, I brushed past him. Eighteen months later, Simmy and I are close friends: two mercurial Gemini companions. He’s the street historian, A1 security, story keeper, and confidant, with nearly 40 years spent on one single south-side block. He’s also the first unhoused person I’ve ever come to know.
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Chicago thaws, worlds emerge

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April is Chicago’s season of transition from dark to light as the great thaw hits and buried bulbs finally emerge. Spring is the opening of the many worlds that make up this city, especially those that hide in plain sight. Drive down any street or look down any alley: without recognition, sometimes in deliberate quiet, there lies life. As Chicago thaws into spring, this issue explores the worlds of culture, resistance, care, and memory that shape the city.
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