At its current pace, the city’s project to replace lead water lines in Chicago’s Southside neighborhoods could take two centuries. Researchers at Northwestern University and community activists are ...

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 ...

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

Chicago becomes official with its first city charter. The Chicago Teachers Federation (CTF) is formed to advocate on behalf of teachers. It would become the Chicago Teachers Union 40 years later.

Leland’s transformation is a rare success story: Austin and other black communities that bore the brunt of school closings in 2013 are stuck with the lion’s share of still-vacant buildings, adding ...

Four years ago, Illinois passed the first in a series of discipline reforms meant to reduce student suspensions and expulsions from public schools. The law tasks state officials with two ...

By 2050, the US will be a 'majority-minority' country, with white non-Hispanics making up less than half of the total population.

Our analysis shows a troubling pattern of officers charging alleged victims of police misconduct with aggravated battery or assault to a police officer or resisting arrest.

A small group of officers who have cost the City of Chicago millions in police misconduct lawsuits remain on the force with few signs of discipline.

Female prison inmates are being disciplined at much higher rates than men for lower-level offenses in many states.

The Special Management Unit is supposed to be an alternative to isolating people who are violent in jail or break the rules, but a recent tour raises questions about how rehabilitative it is, ...

Mercy Hospital plans to close in 2021. It's one of just three South Side hospitals that offer maternity services. Credit: Photo by Eric Allix Rogers In the past year, the number of hospitals offering ...