Artists on the South and West sides rely on free or subsidized community housing and the support of mission-driven arts ...

Ante el aumento vertiginoso de los precios de la vivienda en un barrio en proceso de gentrificación, vivir en la casa ...

After hundreds of complaints, citations, and a class-action settlement, city inspectors’ notes show instances where MAT ...

After implementing a contribute-what-you-can model last year, new and veteran artist make up a growing and diverse student ...

Illinois’ only Black-owned roller rink preserves culture and celebrates community in Chatham.

The causes and solutions to gun violence are difficult to quantify—or control. One thing is clear: gun violence is highest in Chicago’s poorest neighborhoods. Organizers in the hardest-hit communities ...

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.

This story was originally published by the Illinois Answers Project as part of their series Making it in Chicago: Detours and Dead Ends on the Path to Opportunity. aShon Minter Williams is waiting for ...

In the last remaining building of the Jane Addams Homes, a small museum fights to preserve not just artifacts but dignity and justice.

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 ...

A senior Cook County Sheriff’s Office investigator has filed a lawsuit claiming she was illegally retaliated against after refusing to share certain information with superiors about a sweeping federal ...