Previously and currently incarcerated people in Illinois can’t vote or face numerous hurdles to cast a ballot. Several ...

— Andrea Ayalla, a 7th grader at Acero Charter - Sandra Cisneros Elementary during public comment.

Many students are mapping out their own support plans years after a 2019 Illinois law was enacted to support student mental ...

Covid-19 mitigation was largely a non-issue during election season, but Chicago organizers and disability advocates are ...

Last week, Gov. JB Pritzker signed Karina’s Law, which allows state police departments to seize guns from anyone whose FOID ...

Out of years of reporting, research and relationships with community members, City Bureau has built “Will That New Development Benefit Your Community? The People’s Guide to Community Benefits ...

The City Bureau Civic Reporting Fellowship is a paid, 16-week opportunity for emerging journalists looking to grow their skills in reporting, community engagement and leadership. Fellows attend weekly ...

The story of Black generational wealth in Chicago is expansive. From the founding of the city by Black Haitian-American Jean Baptiste Point du Sable to the Great Migration to now, Black people have ...

Chicago Documenters is our local hub for civic action and public oversight of local government through local media. We train and pay Chicagoans like you to attend public meetings and publish the ...

Chicagoans know what sort of mental health services they want to see in their communities. But they don’t expect to see those services coming to their South and West Side neighborhoods any time soon.

Summer 2022: Are policymakers keeping their promises to reduce racial disparities in the economic fallout of the pandemic? We’ll learn from low- and moderate-income Chicagoans how economic policy ...