Founded on the heels of the civil rights movement of the 1960s, The Chicago Reporter confronts racial and economic inequality, using the power of investigative journalism. Our mission is national but ...

Property taxes have increased every year in Illinois for the past three decades. For the 2026 budget season, legislators and ...

Justice-impacted Illinoisans face life-long barriers to employment, housing and education. “A different kind of lawyer” offers hope. At 54, Cynthia Cornelius had a packed resume. She’d worked in ...

Originally published on Prison Writers Jereme Clark describes the living conditions in the East Moline Correctional Center which he says has urine on the floors from leaky toilets, black mold ...

Originally published on Prison Writers Jereme Clark describes the living conditions in the East Moline Correctional Center ...

Nearly a month later, on April 20, 58-year-old Scott died, records provided by the Illinois Department of Corrections show. Scott is among 12 Stateville inmates who have lost their lives as of May 18 ...

Gina Lamar Evans talks about sex for a living—and why awareness is Chicago’s best defense against HIV In a city with abundant medical resources, one of the greatest barriers to public health is a lack ...

In the short week since Kabul fell to the Taliban, the U.S. corporate media — and those who uncritically buy into it — are once again beating the drum that calls upon Western heroes to save Afghan ...

The latest Springfield scandal shouldn't stop the drive for a graduated income tax to fund programs that promote equity and opportunity as Illinois contends with unprecedented crises and growing ...