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 ...

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, ...

We Do This ‘Til We Free Us is a collection of essays and interviews that explore the abolition of police and the prison industrial complex (PIC) and the power of transformative justice, written by and ...

Ton Farm. Courtesy of the collection of Larry McClellan. The Underground Railroad was neither a railroad nor was it underground. It was a secret network led by people that included free Black and anti ...

This investigation is the first in a series of projects that will document and explore public housing on the South Side. If you have tips or suggestions about coverage, email ...