In search of opportunity, some young South and West siders are turning hobbies into side hustles, building skills for ...

Co-op members, city officials and organizers weigh in on whether limited-equity housing co-ops can provide affordable and sustainably priced housing.

Explore data on how every precinct in Illinois voted on the U.S. President, U.S. Senate and the Illinois tax amendment.

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

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 ...

A Community Benefits Agreement (CBA) is a legally binding contract between a community and a developer that includes commitments the developer will make to the neighborhood, in exchange for the ...

A guide about fundamental rights for day laborers in Chicago and information on how to navigate worksites better.

A federal lawsuit accuses off-duty Chicago police and Home Depot security personnel of detaining five recently arrived migrants and physically assaulting them as they sought work in the Southwest Side ...

This story was reported and published in collaboration with Injustice Watch, a non-partisan, not-for-profit journalism organization that conducts in-depth research exposing institutional failures that ...

This story was produced by City Bureau, a civic journalism lab in Bronzeville, and co-published by the Chicago Reader. For the last century, housing cooperatives have provided residents of major ...

As our young media start-up matures, remembering why we do this work is as important as building models for the future of local media. That’s why City Bureau’s first Impact Report begins with a ...

Countless issues are on the table this mayoral election, but housing continues to be top of mind for Chicago residents. "I think any mayoral candidate needs to be a housing advocate,” said Roderick ...