ICE agents arrested a community organizer and mother, Gladis Yolanda Chavez Pineda along with at least nine others in Chicago ...

s the National Guard and U.S. Marines take up posts in Los Angeles to respond to protests over the Trump administration’s ...

If the snap curfew proposal passes, CPD could declare emergency curfews for minors without prior approval from the mayor, City Council, or police district councils. The potential for harm is enormous: ...

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

I n May, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced it would open an investigation of the City’s hiring practices under Title ...

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

Children playing outside the Ida B. Wells Homes before their demolition. Photo by Patricia Evans. This is post 2 of 6 in the series “FIRSTHAND: SEGREGATION” The City of Chicago and its Board of ...

A report by the Chicago Police Department (CPD) that said officers respond more quickly to ShotSpotter alerts than 911 calls doesn’t make a convincing argument for keeping the technology, according to ...

Ton Farm. Courtesy of the collection of Larry McClellan. The Underground Railroad was neither a railroad nor was it underground. It was a secret network led by people that included free Black and anti ...

On Monday, the City Council Committee on Police & Fire advanced an ordinance that would place the decision to keep ShotSpotter at the ward level, with individual alderpersons choosing whether or not ...

In one incident, ShotSpotter missed a 55-round shooting that left two men critically wounded. In internal emails, company executives told each other they couldn’t tell the City broken sensors were the ...