Patrick* has been incarcerated at Cook County Jail for more than a decade while awaiting trial. In that time, he has seen ...

De Anda packed up and drove across the country from Long Beach, California during the COVID pandemic and after the completion ...

Insiders describe provided meals as gross and unhealthy, while commissary items can be expensive.

The Justice Department has aggressively prosecuted those who protest its mass deportation campaigns, but many of those ...

The mayor and alderpersons remain at odds over whether to close a fiscal gap by taxing large corporations or raising fees for ...

Bryan Ramson poses for a portrait near his home on the West Side of Chicago. Credit: Akilah Townsend for Illinois Answers Project This story was produced in partnership with the Illinois Answers ...

Hundreds of nail holes pepper the dark-brown wood paneled walls of the repurposed 1920s brownstone. Each indentation serves as a kind of signature for every Black artist whose work has been exhibited ...

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 ...

On day two of the Chicago City Council Budget Hearing on Public Safety, council members questioned the Office of Emergency ...

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 ...

In one incident, ShotSpotter missed a 55-round shooting that left two men critically wounded. In internal emails, company executives told each other they couldn’t tell the City broken sensors were the ...

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 ...