Sara Cooper, a graduate student at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, joined TCR’s newsroom team in June. Her investigative reporting will enhance TCR’s coverage of environmental ...

At its current pace, the city’s project to replace lead water lines in Chicago’s Southside neighborhoods could take two centuries. Researchers at Northwestern University and community activists are ...

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

This story was originally published by the Illinois Answers Project. CHICAGO — LaShon Minter Williams is waiting for a letter that could arrive any day now — one that may force her to leave the home ...

An Ill. bill passed in May aims to support survivors of domestic violence by preventing the collection of coerced debt ...

Chicago Reporter celebrates National Poetry Month by talking with writers from Chicago whose lives have been greatly impacted by the written word. “Hate” by Ray Guereca We are enamored with films that ...

Cook County residents experience high financial stress at more than twice the national rate, a new study by Financial Health Network finds. Published in January, the study looked at eight measures of ...

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

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 was founded by John A. McDermott in 1972, a time when Chicago, as the rest of the nation, struggled to come to terms with the gains of the civil rights era and the resistance that ...

Dr. Ebony Only Interim Publisher Dr. Ebony D. Only has emerged as a dynamic force in journalism as The Chicago Reporter ‘s Interim Publisher, where she leverages her multifaceted expertise in academia ...

In the past year, the number of hospitals offering maternity service on the South Side of Chicago has dropped from seven to three, including two hospitals that suspended services temporarily to ...