Free Root Operation is connecting Black women caregivers with resources and helping break generational cycles of violence.

Sueños festival organizers leveled up by incorporating smaller activations and lounge areas across the grounds, giving rising ...

I n May, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced it would open an investigation of the City’s hiring practices under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The announcement came after Mayor ...

Every year we devote our time to story packages that dive deep into specific issues that are prevalent on the South Side, whether current or historic. Traditionally these have been packages around the ...

Peso Pluma deleitó a los habitantes de Chicago luego de que su actuación del año pasado se viera interrumpida por las tormentas.

Cook County became the first local government to buy medical debts in bulk. But data shows the majority of debt was relieved ...

Children playing outside the Ida B. Wells Homes before their demolition. Photo by Patricia Evans. This is post 2 of 6 in the series “FIRSTHAND: SEGREGATION” The City of Chicago and its Board of ...

This story was co-published in collaboration with WIRED. When mayor Brandon Johnson announced in February that Chicago would stop using the gunshot-detection system known as ShotSpotter by year’s end, ...

Bryan Ramson poses for a portrait near his home on the West Side of Chicago. Credit: Akilah Townsend for Illinois Answers Project This story was produced in partnership with the Illinois Answers ...