We interviewed folks at a recent community meeting, hoping to gauge how constituents feel about City Council and the Black Caucus.
The waiting game continues for Wilmer Catalan-Ramirez, his wife and children. Here’s our dispatch from a recent court date.
At a recent Pilsen town hall, residents spoke with a state police officer about the agency’s policies.
Inside Chicago’s first City Council meeting with public comment.
A Pan-African event celebrates culture and circulates the Black dollar every summer.
City Bureau will be reporting on restorative justice on the West Side this summer. Here’s what we know—and you can tell us what we need to find out.
Alden Loury on gentrification and why neighborhood change is ‘all or nothing’ in Chicago.
Community leaders like Puenta are finding ways to bridge the divides between the Black and brown paradigm.
Long-time West Side resident Sam Taylor talks about his time working at city incinerators.
Daniel Hertz talks about segregation, integration and the forces driving them.
Join City Bureau reporters as we explore ideas of development, activism and safeguarding community knowledge. We’ll start with what we’ve learned so far.
City Bureau hosted the first in a series of events designed to engage and educate Chicago residents about the dangers of lead in their communities.
Shop owners in Austin worry the proliferation of churches in their commercial districts is making it harder to do business.
Here’s what you, through our Use of Force Tracker, told the Chicago Police Department about their drafted rules on when police can and cannot use force against civilians.
We collected feedback and submitted it directly to the Chicago Police Department on shootings, Tasers, pepper spray, and more.
The Greater Chatham Initiative, announced this summer, promises to attract private and public dollars to once-thriving retail corridors in the neighborhood.
As part of a spring cycle reporting project, City Bureau journalists compiled a database documenting all 48 people killed by Chicago Police.
A deep dive into the proposed civilian-led council.