Free Root Operation is connecting Black women caregivers with resources and helping break generational cycles of violence.

Sueños festival organizers leveled up by incorporating smaller activations and lounge areas across the grounds, giving rising ...

Cook County became the first local government to buy medical debts in bulk. But data shows the majority of debt was relieved ...

Most violence interrupters don’t make enough to meet their household needs. The Home for Good bill aims to fix that.

In May, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced it would open an investigation of the City’s hiring practices under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The announcement came after Mayor ...

Every year we devote our time to story packages that dive deep into specific issues that are prevalent on the South Side, whether current or historic. Traditionally these have been packages around the ...

Rev. Robin Hood, who founded the Illinois Anti-Foreclosure Coalition, also helps seniors at a community level by holding town halls and meetings to educate residents on housing issues. His aunt was a ...

At the corner of Ada and Taylor Streets, where the wind whips between century-old brick and modern glass, the grand opening of the National Public Housing Museum (NPHM) drew an eager assembly in April ...

Bryan Ramson poses for a portrait near his home on the West Side of Chicago. Credit: Akilah Townsend for Illinois Answers Project This story was produced in partnership with the Illinois Answers ...