Lumpen Radio is now part of the Chicago School Board Voter Guide 2026 hub led by Chalkbeat Chicago. This Hub Landing Page consists of interactive profiles of all 46 candidates running for school board. It also showcases some of the collaborative efforts made between different newsrooms, which include: 15 West, Block Club Chicago, Borderless, Chicago Sun-Times, […]
📅 Sunday, September 20 ⏰ 3:00 PM (LIVE RECORDING) 4:00-8:00 PM (FOOD & MUSIC) 🎟️$40 📍 Maria’s Packaged Goods & Community Bar (960 W. 31st St., Chicago, IL 60608) Join us for a special live recording of Boletín Migrante where we’ll be joined by organizers and advocates for a conversation about immigrant workers’ rights, […]
A new show has premiered at Lumpen Radio! ‘Round the Board is a school bus-inspired radio series exploring Chicago’s historic transition to its first fully elected school board. Hosted by journalists Cynthia Salgado and Leslie Hurtado, the eight-part series takes listeners on a route through Chicago’s South and Southwest Side districts, making stops along […]
Listen Up, Chicago: Lumpen Radio’s Gone Digital! BRIDGEPORT — July 29, 2026 — Stay tuned for big updates from Lumpen Radio… After 10 years of bringing community run radio to Chicago’s airwaves, Lumpen Radio has transitioned to a Hybrid-Digital broadcast! Alongside this major upgrade, we are proud to introduce a brand new station ID. […]
The Chicago Immigration Hub is a multilingual network of local newsrooms providing reliable, solutions-oriented news and information centering immigrants and their experience in the Chicago region. This is a project that groups together media outlets such asLumpen Radio, Borderless Magazine, La Raza, La Voz, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Sun-Times, WBEZ, South Side Weekly, The […]
The Lost Children Net Label launched a music record called CRACKS on June 27th, 2026, at the Suoni per il Popolo festival. It features different musicians from all around the globe who have made their compositions around the topic of confronting the violence behind borders, surveillance, and deportation. This album is a compilation of […]
A magical night at Millennium Park approaches… Beloved Lumpen Radio DJs, Sandra Treviño and Osvaldo Cuevas, opened for Aterciopelados as part of Millennium Park’s Summer Music Series! 🎧 Sandra Treviño and Osvaldo Cuevas’ spectacular vibes fought off and held back the thunderstorms ⛈️ as families and friends from all over the country kept the […]
Lumpen Radio Presents: 25 Years of News From the Service Entrance Hosted by Mario Smith Join us as we celebrate 25 years of News From the Service Entrance, one of Chicago’s longest-running independent radio programs, with a special live anniversary broadcast in front of a studio audience. For a quarter century, News From the […]
We Are Fugazi from Washington, D.C. Created to commemorate the 20 years that have passed since DC-based post-hardcore band Fugazi’s last live appearance (November 4, 2002, at The Forum in London), We Are Fugazi from Washington, D.C. is a 96-minute movie comprising crowd sourced, fan recorded live shows and rare archive footage of Fugazi […]
Lumpen Radio Special: The Live Frequency: Verse & Vision Lumpen Radio presents a special live broadcast experience recorded before an in-person audience at Co-Prosperity, bringing listeners and attendees together for a landmark evening of cultural dialogue and performance. The Live Frequency: Verse & Vision gathers four of Chicago’s most distinguished literary figures—avery r. young, […]