Aaron Jones was walking his land in Carterville with a prospective homebuyer five years ago when he said he saw the ditch ...

Gina Lamar Evans talks about sex for a living—and why awareness is Chicago’s best defense against HIV   In a city with abundant medical resources, the one of the greatest barriers to public health is ...

Beneath the shadow of the bustling overpass on Chicago’s Near West Side, where Desplaines Street meets Hubbard, is an ...

Beneath the shadow of the bustling overpass on Chicago’s Near West Side, where Desplaines Street meets Hubbard, is an informal encampment residents call the “Chocolate Factory.” Jeremy Holomshek, ...

The City of Chicago is searching for financial solutions amidst hundreds of pending police misconduct cases, spending more ...

Founded on the heels of the civil rights movement of the 1960s, The Chicago Reporter confronts racial and economic inequality ...

At its current pace, the city’s project to replace lead water lines in Chicago’s Southside neighborhoods could take two ...

Sara Cooper, a graduate student at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, joined TCR’s newsroom team in June. Her investigative reporting will enhance TCR’s coverage of environmental ...

This story was originally published by the Illinois Answers Project. CHICAGO — LaShon Minter Williams is waiting for a letter that could arrive any day now — one that may force her to leave the home ...

Last month, Brandon Johnson and five Alders introduced the Hazel Johnson Cumulative Impacts Ordinance, which aims to address the disproportionate environmental burdens on Chicago’s South and Southside ...

A new Northwestern University study found that most justice-involved youth with a mental health disorder did not receive needed services during the 16 years after detention. The lack of services was ...

Despite the disproportionate number of Blacks killed unjustly at the hands of police and the growing Black Lives Matter movement of 2014 after the deaths of Michael Brown in Missouri and Eric Garner ...