Mandami’s Primary Victory and What It Signals For The Democratic Party Moving Forward. Christian Perry is a community ...

Jonathan Sharp is a Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at the Environmental Litigation Group, P.C., where he oversees financial ...

Founded on the heels of the civil rights movement of the 1960s, The Chicago Reporter confronts racial and economic inequality ...

Founded on the heels of the civil rights movement of the 1960s, The Chicago Reporter confronts racial and economic inequality ...

Property taxes have increased every year in Illinois for the past three decades. For the 2026 budget season, legislators and ...

An Illinois law known as a police “bill of rights” gives officers protections not enjoyed by average citizens. Advocates for police reform say the law makes it difficult to hold police accountable for ...

Both Chicago and Kansas City carried out mass school closures in poor, black neighborhoods, but they had vastly different approaches to repurposing them.

Chicago becomes official with its first city charter. The Chicago Teachers Federation (CTF) is formed to advocate on behalf of teachers. It would become the Chicago Teachers Union 40 years later.

Thousands of defendants spend days, weeks and even months in Cook County’s criminal courts each year on low-level charges. Odds are that their cases will be dismissed.

Founded on the heels of the civil rights movement of the 1960s, The Chicago Reporter confronts racial and economic inequality, using the power of investigative journalism. Our mission is national but ...

Key Elementary School, located in the predominantly black Austin neighborhood, has stood empty since 2013 when it became one of 50 under-enrolled Chicago public schools shuttered to save money. Credit ...

City officials' responses to the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald expose systemic failures in police accountability.