How Chicago is preparing for stepped-up deportation raids. The end of an era at the Chicago Defender. The latest on Humboldt Park’s scaly visitor. And Chicago’s top social media influencers.

• Chicago Prepares for Possible Immigration Crackdown
• Chicago Defender Ends 114-Year Print Run, Goes Online Only
• Why Alligators Don’t Make Good Pets (and 9 Other Fun Gator Facts)
• Meet Three of Chicago’s Social Media Influencers
• The Best Chicago Film Archive You’ve Never Heard Of
• New ‘Get Outside’ Map Features 350 Places to Enjoy Nature in Chicago
• Tracing American Fashion from ‘Silver Screen to Mainstream’