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 ...

Leto has since been charged with murder and attempted murder after shooting at three unarmed teenage boys over a dispute ...

Experts say an eviction avalanche is coming. But thousands of Chicago renters have already been pushed to the brink of the housing cliff.

The pandemic made Chicago’s guaranteed income pilot possible—but at the federal level, the push to solve poverty through government-backed income is nearly a century old.

Five hundred dollars, no strings attached. That’s what the Chicago Resilient Communities Pilot –– one of the largest guaranteed income programs in the U.S. –– plans to deliver to 5,000 low-income ...

One of the most common requests I get during my Editor Office Hours is from jobseekers who want me to proofread their cover letters. They’re some of the toughest things to edit, not only because they ...

Barred from federal stimulus and living paycheck to paycheck, undocumented tenants rely on community groups—but both are running out of options.

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 ...

This fall I curated a series of Public Newsrooms that we called, “Community Care in the 2020 Election: We Gon Be Alright,” which began by talking about building safe space. On Nov. 21 at Experimental ...

This story was produced by City Bureau, a civic journalism lab in Bronzeville, and co-published by the Chicago Reader. When Mayor Lori Lightfoot unveiled We Will Chicago two years ago, the initiative ...

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 ...