It is before 8 a.m. and already a continuous stream of trucks filters into Sims Metal Management at 2500 S Paulina Street in ...

When someone is arrested, it can come down to their word against an officer’s in court. But what happens when the officer’s ...

It is before 8 a.m. and already a continuous stream of trucks filters into Sims Metal Management at 2500 S Paulina Street in Pilsen. They carry dilapidated cars, discarded appliances and scrap to ...

When someone is arrested, it can come down to their word against an officer’s in court. But what happens when the officer’s own conduct is in question, or when they’re under investigation themself?

When someone is arrested, it can come down to their word against an officer’s in court. But what happens when the officer’s own conduct is in question, or when they’re under investigation themself?

Bilingual teacher Nancy Serrano provides support to English learners in her eighth-grade English language arts class at Hernández Middle School. Credit: Photo by Yingxu Jane Hao Two years ago, Chicago ...

Andre Davis waits at the bus stop near where he lives in Austin. He has to wake up at 4:00 a.m. most days in order to make a two-hour commute to the suburbs. “There is no work here [in Austin],” Davis ...

Joyce Edwards is one of the last few holdouts in a section of Englewood taken over by a rail yard expansion by Norfolk Southern. She’s taking the company to court seeking fair compensation for her ...

The Woodlawn Mental Health Clinic was one of six facilities the city closed in 2012 as part of a consolidation plan. Credit: [Photo by Sarah-Ji/Flickr] The biggest controversy of Rahm Emanuel’s first ...

Kids at the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center have been confined to their cells more than 55,000 times in the past two-and-a-half years. Taken together, the time they’ve spent in ...

As much as his life is worthy of honor and celebration, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. likely would have had a hard time during the recent searching examination of gender inequities prompted by the ...

COOK COUNTY — The day before Christmas eve in 2023, Andrew Ciaccio was up all night trying to soothe his stomach pains. When he woke, he could barely sit up. Something was wrong. “It was pretty ...