On November 6, while City Hall was embroiled in a budget brawl over rising property taxes and declining federal support, voters in two South Side districts did something you might not expect. By ...

Council members voted 27–23 to pass Mayor Brandon Johnson’s latest budget proposal, which doesn’t include a property tax increase. Mayor Brandon Johnson, flanked by budget director Annette Guzman and ...

More than two months after a fatal shooting in the Hilliard Towers Apartments, tenants are still waiting for answers about what happened, whether it could have been prevented, and what it means for ...

The downfall of K-Swiss was a revolutionary time for Chicagoans. Juke, the grandchild of house music, rapidly absorbed the early 2000s and became a defining aspect of Black Chicago culture as it lives ...

SECAs—special education classroom assistants—will now be able to request to attend meetings to discuss student needs and progress thanks to a new contract. Photo provided by SEIU Local 73. Jerry, a ...

Chicago’s experiment with gunshot-detection tech is not over yet. Mayor Brandon Johnson declined to renew ShotSpotter’s contract this year, and on September 23 the company stopped providing regular ...

Instituto del Progreso Latino is offering up to $1,500 to eligible Illinois immigrants who have been economically impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Eligible individuals must be eighteen years of age ...

Nota del editor: Este reportaje es el tercero de la serie “Luchas Invisibles” un nuevo proyecto periodístico que se enfoca en la salud mental de las comunidades de inmigrantes, refugiados y ...

At a time of dire threat, there’s a push to provide healing through “radical hope” and a vow to organize and protect those most vulnerable. Mamadou Lamine Niang speaks about his role as a caseworker ...

A new contract for Chicago Public School support staff allows special education classroom assistants to voluntarily attend meetings to discuss student needs.

A grassroots organizing project responding to historic city cutbacks is creating mental health centers funded and operated by the community.

Council members voted 27–23 to pass Mayor Brandon Johnson’s latest budget proposal, which doesn’t include a property tax increase.