When Jailene Ochoa’s family moved in 2017 from suburban Cicero to Gage Park in Chicago’s Southwest side, she could feel a difference in the air. “You can smell the air, obviously, and it smells like ...

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 ...