Perspectives on Power, Politics, and Progress in Chicago Nearly sixty years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. issued a stark ...

TCR Investigative Reporting Practicum alum Sara Cooper covers “A Day of Remembrance,” a community healing event hosted by ...

Founded on the heels of the civil rights movement of the 1960s, The Chicago Reporter confronts racial and economic inequality ...

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 ...

New SNAP work requirements in Illinois could leave hundreds of thousands without benefits, strain food pantries, and increase food insecurity, affecting families and children across local communities.

Inside The Loop with Christian Perry: Perspectives on Power, Politics, and Progress in Chicago Nearly sixty years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. issued a stark warning: “We must face the hard fact ...

Key Elementary School, located in the predominantly black Austin neighborhood, has stood empty since 2013 when it became one of 50 under-enrolled Chicago public schools shuttered to save money. Credit ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X In Kansas City, the former Graceland Elementary School was transformed into the Mary L. Kelly ...

In a year when the city’s lawyers were hashing out the details of a federal consent decree that will govern police reform efforts for years to come, Chicago taxpayers paid out more than $85 million to ...