Chicago’s mental health crisis teams were meant to replace police with clinicians. Bureaucratic dysfunction and fading federal support now threaten their survival.

Chicago police monitor a protest near the United Center during the Democratic National Convention. Credit: Jim Daley The Chicago Police Department spent more than $27 million on overtime related to ...

A recap of select open meetings at the local, county, and state level.

New data from the Office of Inspector General shows the department overspent its DNC allocation by nearly 60%.

School board segregation panel chaired by Stuart Loory and anti-busing demonstration outside of Roberto Clemente High School, 1147 North Western Avenue Chicago, Illinois. Public school officials ...

After the high-rises came down, CHA pledged to rebuild thousands of units of public housing. Over a decade later, construction is still behind schedule.

The South Side Community Art Center’s $15 million rehabilitation and expansion project will build upon an eighty-five-year legacy of supporting Black artists and communities.

A decade ago, aldermen unanimously supported closures of public mental health clinics; by 2019, many were adamantly opposed. What changed?

Historians and activists push to recognize the history of Underground Railroad stops and guides in the south suburbs.

A once staunchly white European immigrant working-class community (and the birthplace of five Chicago mayors since the 1930s), Bridgeport has long held a legacy of racist violence against Black ...

At the corner of Ada and Taylor Streets, where the wind whips between century-old brick and modern glass, the grand opening of the National Public Housing Museum (NPHM) drew an eager assembly in April ...

With a zig-zag boundary that includes parts of the South Loop, Bronzeville, Kenwood, and northern Hyde Park, the 4th Ward launched the career of a young Toni Preckwinkle. Before becoming president of ...