This reporting was made possible through the Public Narrative’s Health Science Reporting Fellowship and the Chicago Community, Media & Research Partnership People in Illinois prisons can identify what ...

When someone is arrested, it can come down to their word against an officer’s in court. But what happens when the officer’s own conduct is in question, or when they’re under investigation themself?

Faera McGruder, Southside Together member, addresses the crowd of more than 100 people at a Southside Together-organized event Saturday Credit: Jack Austin 2026 Once heralded by Gov. JB Pritzker as an ...

This story was co-published with the Chicago Reader. Gary Sams could hardly breathe. He had begun experiencing early symptoms of rapidly progressing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a progressive ...