On an early August morning, I stood in a small gymnasium at Logan Correctional Center, a state-run women’s prison in ...

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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 ...

The Chicago Reporter analyzed CPS’s 2026 approved budget and found that local revenues are expected to grow more than state revenues despite pressure from advocates and board members to get more help ...

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

On an early August morning, I stood in a small gymnasium at Logan Correctional Center, a state-run women’s prison in southwestern Illinois. Standing shoulder to shoulder with 30 other volunteers, we ...

On an early August morning, I stood in a small gymnasium at Logan Correctional Center, a state-run women’s prison in southwestern Illinois. Standing shoulder to shoulder with 30 other volunteers, we ...

On an early August morning, I stood in a small gymnasium at Logan Correctional Center, a state-run women’s prison in southwestern Illinois. Standing shoulder to shoulder with 30 other volunteers, we ...

Illinois is among 14 states that has a police "bill of rights," a law that grants police special protections in criminal and other investigations. Credit: Photo by Grace Donnelly Even as violence ...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel speaks at a press conference announcing the findings of the Justice Department’s yearlong civil rights investigation of the Chicago Police Department on Jan. 13, 2017, flanked by ...