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 ...

Property taxes have increased every year in Illinois for the past three decades. For the 2026 budget season, legislators and ...

Justice-impacted Illinoisans face life-long barriers to employment, housing and education. “A different kind of lawyer” offers hope. At 54, Cynthia Cornelius had a packed resume. She’d worked in ...

Originally published on Prison Writers Jereme Clark describes the living conditions in the East Moline Correctional Center ...

Originally published on Prison Writers Jereme Clark describes the living conditions in the East Moline Correctional Center which he says has urine on the floors from leaky toilets, black mold ...

Homeowners may be notified with letters like this from the Chicago Department of Water Management if lead service lines are found during routine maintenance or construction. It can be difficult to ...

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 ...

At nine months old, Kaylah Boyd’s son showed signs of being different. By his first birthday in July 2020, she was actively seeking an evaluation. What followed was a journey that would span years – a ...

At first glance, two-year-old Jedi Ruzicka is not only unassuming but, also frankly, adorable. Jedi has plump cheeks and a dimple on his chin. His ears protrude slightly, giving him an almost ...

Despite the disproportionate number of Blacks killed unjustly at the hands of police and the growing Black Lives Matter movement of 2014 after the deaths of Michael Brown in Missouri and Eric Garner ...

In the late 1960s, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. brought his nonviolent revolution to Chicago. Invited by the Chicago Freedom Movement, Dr. King joined dozens of civil rights organizations demanding ...