In search of opportunity, some young South and West siders are turning hobbies into side hustles, building skills for ...

Nuestro Chicago Archives is inviting local Latinos to share their old family photos to create deeper histories of their ...

Under the city’s Welcoming City Ordinance, which was modified in 2021, Chicago Police cannot set up a traffic perimeter or ...

Artists on the South and West sides rely on free or subsidized community housing and the support of mission-driven arts organizations to maintain their art practices.

What if the best record of your city’s decisions wasn’t written by government officials, but by your neighbors? That’s the exact question Nina Kelly, a scholar at Wayne State University in Detroit, ...

Previously and currently incarcerated people in Illinois can’t vote or face numerous hurdles to cast a ballot. Several initiatives in Chicago aim to make that process easier and more accessible.

The city needs more spaces for young people to connect and support each other. The best ones are spearheaded by the young people they’re meant to serve, organizers say.

Follow along with us on Twitter/X and Instagram as we live-tweet the city budget vote. This webpage will also be updated as bingo squares are called. Sonal Soni is providing our regular Chicago ...

As Venezuelan and Colombian migrants arrive in Chicago, some are carving out an unconventional path as go-go dancers in the Boystown neighborhood.

Five recently arrived migrants say criminal trespassing enforcement at a Southwest Side Home Depot has escalated to alleged physical assaults by security personnel, including multiple off-duty Chicago ...

City Bureau and Invisible Institute, two nonprofit newsrooms based in Chicago, have won the 2024 Pulitzer Prize in Local Reporting for the “Missing in Chicago” series, written by Sarah Conway and ...

A guide about fundamental rights for day laborers in Chicago and information on how to navigate worksites better.