Artists on the South and West sides rely on free or subsidized community housing and the support of mission-driven arts organizations to maintain their art practices.

Chicagoans may continue to see additional taxes on their grocery bills. Following the Committee on Finance meeting, the ...

As housing prices skyrocket, some of Chicago's young adults are living with their families in order to remain in their communities.

A new study compares Grand Rapids Documenters’ notes with official city meeting minutes, showing how our approach to note ...

If an officer doesn’t have a warrant or enough information to legally search a car, they can ask a driver to give permission, ...

“If we’re not creating spaces for young people to congregate and be young, but we are creating an ordinance that, while it ...

From Detroit to Los Angeles, Documenters are helping people track public spending, fight misinformation, and bring overlooked local issues into the spotlight.

Experts say an eviction avalanche is coming. But thousands of Chicago renters have already been pushed to the brink of the housing cliff. Andre Wallace* has wanted to move for months. The West ...

Out of years of reporting, research and relationships with community members, City Bureau has built “Will That New Development Benefit Your Community? The People’s Guide to Community Benefits ...

HOW DO WE COVER SEXUAL ASSAULT? How can journalists report on sexual assault ethically, with the most care for sources who are survivors of sexual violence? What would it look like to report on sexual ...

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 ...

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