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 ...

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, using the power of investigative journalism. Our mission is national but ...

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

Superintendent of Chicago’s youth jail might not live here, records show This story was produced by Injustice Watch, a ...

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

It was Monday morning, Jan. 22, 2024, when Jamie Rhodes rushed to Hillsboro Health Hospital with her daughter to check on her father, who had been admitted with breathing complications. Upon her ...

July was Disability Pride Month. During the past month, Chicago disability advocates had been grappling with the potential impact that a $734 million Chicago Public Schools (CPS) budget shortfall ...

CARTERVILLE — Aaron Jones was walking his land in Carterville with a prospective homebuyer five years ago when he said he saw the ditch that runs alongside his property was filled with human feces.

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 ...

Content warning: This story contains references to domestic violence and physical abuse. When a survivor of domestic violence escapes an abusive situation, their journey is only beginning. Physical ...

We are enamored with films that depict migrants coming to America on sea who are welcomed by the sight of the Statue of Liberty and the comfortability of the New York shores. As I watch ICE bang on a ...