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This workshop will prepare you to document detention hearings. Chicago Documenters is partnering with Illinois Network for PreTrial Justice (INPJ) to document Cook County’s adherence to the 2023 ...

Step into the community darkroom at Tuley Park Cultural Center, stewarded by The Darkroom Chicago, for a guided walk led by the young people who bring it to life. Then, you’ll hear how this creative ...

There are many arguments Chicagoans have when it comes to some of its most popular elements — and perhaps one of its most controversial is which pizza reigns supreme. The breadth of great options and ...

Marion Turner moved to Wicker Park in the 1950s when vacant buildings and crime were common and the city’s disinvestment in the neighborhood was painfully apparent. In the 70s, Turner started looking ...

It wasn't until Michelle Kennedy left Bronzeville for City Planning graduate school in the 1990s that she learned her Chicago neighborhood’s name. After observing a classmate's presentation on the ...

Throwback to February when we told you about these brand new police district councils and their role in police accountability: These councils are the result of the Empower Communities for Public ...

Experts say an eviction avalanche is coming. But thousands of Chicago renters have already been pushed to the brink of the housing cliff. Andre Wallace* has wanted to move for months. The West ...

This fall I curated a series of Public Newsrooms that we called, “Community Care in the 2020 Election: We Gon Be Alright,” which began by talking about building safe space. On Nov. 21 at Experimental ...

This story was reported and published in collaboration with Injustice Watch, a non-partisan, not-for-profit journalism organization that conducts in-depth research exposing institutional failures that ...