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 ...

It is before 8 a.m. and already a continuous stream of trucks filters into Sims Metal Management at 2500 S Paulina Street in ...

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?

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 ...

March attendeee Jawa Hit Sharwany displays a “Fierce Urgency of Now” banner at Marquette Park. (Photo by Jack Austin) Thousands marched on Saturday, August 1, as part of a multi-faith, multicultural ...

COOK COUNTY — The day before Christmas eve in 2023, Andrew Ciaccio was up all night trying to soothe his stomach pains. When he woke, he could barely sit up. Something was wrong. “It was pretty ...

Katie Schulder-Battis is a Chicago Reporter contributor and student at Northwestern University. This content is made possible through partnership with the Graduate Science Journalism Medill School ...

Community Peacekeepers say reducing shootings means confronting poverty, trauma and instability in the neighborhoods most impacted by violence. Fifteen miles south of the Magnificent Mile, Roseland’s ...

This story was produced by Injustice Watch, a nonprofit newsroom in Chicago that investigates issues of equity and justice in the Cook County court system. Sign up here to get their weekly newsletter.

Photo courtesy of Yashica Weeks from the Kenneth Young Center. Community mental health services are widely known in Chicago, but access becomes far less clear outside city limits—particularly for ...

When Detaureo Harrington saw flashing police lights signaling him to pull over, he wasn’t worried about being arrested. After being arrested the year before in June 2022 on a gun possession charge, ...

“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” Mayor Brandon Johnson often quotes Matthew 6:21 when discussing city finances. The verse is considered one of the core tenets of Jesus ...