During Operation Midway Blitz, when federal immigration agents swarmed Chicago in 2025, Latine and Polish churchgoers in Back ...

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Queer Black Chicagoans have no trouble naming the mentors who inspired them as they shaped their young lives. For Leslie Givens, it was Boris Powell, a Chicago-based fashion designer who was “always ...

From neighborhood issues to public meetings, people are constantly trying to make sense of what’s happening around them. In this workshop, we’ll share what we heard from Chicagoans during a recent ...

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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 ...

Should Illinois residents who take in more income pay a higher tax rate? At its core, that was the matter at the top of every Illinois voter’s ballot this November. With huge amounts of resources ...

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 ...

Chicago just launched one of the largest guaranteed-income programs in the U.S. But how long have Americans been pushing for government-backed income as a solution to entrenched poverty and inequality ...

María Teresa Sánchez has no time to think. She travels from Pilsen to Bolingbrook and back, nearly 30 miles each way, five days a week, to work in a factory where she makes $12 an hour. She spends ...

This story was produced by City Bureau, a civic journalism lab in Bronzeville, and co-published by the Chicago Reader. For the last century, housing cooperatives have provided residents of major ...