Dancers are provided a unique opportunity to make social impact in Red Clay Dance Company’s Making the Artivist program, ...

Dancers are provided a unique opportunity to make social impact in Red Clay Dance Company’s Making the Artivist program, ...

Nick Merlock Jackson is a drawer, writer, oral historian, and curious itch-scratcher living in Chicago. His work puts ...

This is post 1 of 6 in the series “FIRSTHAND: SEGREGATION” Chicago is one of the most segregated cities in the United States. Over the last century, an array of political and cultural forces have ...

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 ...

John Doe is a Black, male teenager from North Lawndale. He is in the Chicago Police Department (CPD)’s controversial gang affiliation database. He has a petty rap sheet, with four drug-related arrests ...

When the Venezuelan woman arrived in Chicago in December 2023 with her three children, she was looking for stability and a path to legal status. A friend referred her to a man who claimed he could ...

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, ...

At one point, Chicago was the land of opportunity for millions of Black Americans who were leaving the Jim Crow South. The industrial city expanded rapidly through the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s, as ...

Aerial view of Jackson Park before tree removal. Photo credit: Anonymous Aerial view of Jackson Park after tree removal. Photo credit: Anonymous It does not take a “tree hugger” or a preservationist ...