The causes and solutions to gun violence are difficult to quantify—or control. One thing is clear: gun violence is highest in ...

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Cook County became the first local government to buy medical debts in bulk. But data shows the majority of debt was relieved ...

Around 1938, Marshall Hatch’s father hopped on a train in Mississippi to follow his older sister to Chicago, a city that ...

While the state infuses hundreds of millions a year into child care programs, the strict eligibility requirements and ...

Most violence interrupters don’t make enough to meet their household needs. The Home for Good bill aims to fix that.

In the last remaining building of the Jane Addams Homes, a small museum fights to preserve not just artifacts but dignity and ...

Alderpersons stalled the latest curfew proposal during Wednesday’s City Council meeting, citing concerns over the police ...

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This story was originally published by The TRiiBE. last-minute update to an ordinance that would give the Chicago Police ...

This story was originally published by the Illinois Answers Project as part of their series Making it in Chicago: Detours and ...

Illinois Latinos Throw a Wrench in Kristi Noem’s Propaganda Every spring, hundreds of Latinx residents bus it to Springfield ...