Free Root Operation is connecting Black women caregivers with resources and helping break generational cycles of violence.

Sueños festival organizers leveled up by incorporating smaller activations and lounge areas across the grounds, giving rising ...

I n May, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced it would open an investigation of the City’s hiring practices under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The announcement came after Mayor ...

Every year we devote our time to story packages that dive deep into specific issues that are prevalent on the South Side, whether current or historic. Traditionally these have been packages around the ...

Bryan Ramson poses for a portrait near his home on the West Side of Chicago. Credit: Akilah Townsend for Illinois Answers Project This story was produced in partnership with the Illinois Answers ...

Rev. Robin Hood, who founded the Illinois Anti-Foreclosure Coalition, also helps seniors at a community level by holding town halls and meetings to educate residents on housing issues. His aunt was a ...

At the corner of Ada and Taylor Streets, where the wind whips between century-old brick and modern glass, the grand opening of the National Public Housing Museum (NPHM) drew an eager assembly in April ...

This story was co-published in partnership with The TRiiBE. Back in the 1980s and 1990s, the Southwest Side’s Ford City Mall and far South Side’s Evergreen Plaza were places where teenagers were ...

App-based gig work, like Uber and Lyft, was supposed to be a lucrative side hustle offering workers freedom and flexibility. Now, drivers say they feel stuck, exploited and unsafe. Ride share driver ...