This is what safer communities look like’ // Advocates celebrate a year without money bond in Illinois — Advocates celebrate a year without money bond. 2024. Read a preview. ✦ View as PDF.

Bringing health equity to Chicago’s south side // Chicago South Side Birth Center Aims to address health inequitites —The Chicago South Side Birth Center—expected to open by the end of 2025—aims to create a holistic space for the whole community. 2024. Read a preview. ✦ View as PDF.

A Whirlwind for Chicago Cease-Fire Politics — In These Times — Mayor Brandon Johnson announces support for a cease-fire as the city council delays a vote on a cease-fire resolution. 2024. Read a preview. ✦ View as PDF.

(Don’t) be deceived // Illinois drops enforcement of law targeting fake abortion clinics — Chicago Reader — Illinois attorney general Kwame Raoul agreed to toss out a law that would’ve cracked down on “deceptive practices” by fake abortion clinics. 2024. Read a preview. ✦ View as PDF.

Cicero Residents Reeling From Summer Floods Blame City’s Poor Communication — Borderless Magazine — As Cicero recovers from historic summer floods, some residents believe the city fell short in communicating support and resources for the town’s majority immigrant population. 2024. Read a preview. ✦ View as PDF.

Parents Frustrated As Chicago Public Libraries Phase Out Museum Passes: ‘This Is Reducing Access’ — Block Club Chicago — The popular program is being replaced by the statewide Explore More Illinois offering free and discounted passes to cultural attractions. Some feel the new program is poorly advertised and more restrictive. 2023. Read a preview. ✦ View as PDF.

After Racist Video, Threats And Slurs, Students Walk Out At East Side High School: ‘Something Needs To Be Done’ — Block Club Chicago — Chicago Public Schools is investigating after George Washington High School students reported racist incidents, including someone writing in a bathroom that a Black student would be burned and hanged. 2022. Read a preview. ✦ View as PDF.

Timuel Black Honored At Homegoing Funeral Service In Hyde Park: ‘He Had An Unquenchable Spirit Of Hope’ — Block Club Chicago —Black, the iconic civil rights activist and educator, died just shy of his 103rd birthday earlier this month. 2021. Read a preview. ✦ View as PDF.

Chance The Rapper And Common Push For Parole In Illinois: It ‘Will Begin To Correct The Harms Of Long-Term Incarceration’. — The rappers urged state lawmakers to pass a bill to make people eligible for parole after they’ve served at least 20 years in prison. 2021. Read a preview. ✦ View as PDF.

Illinois Bill Seeks To Bolster Language Services At State Agencies — Borderless Magazine — A language access bill making its way through Springfield would create a new office tasked with bringing interpretation and translation services to state agencies for many non-native English speakers. 2023. Read a preview. ✦ View as PDF.

Out of sight, out of mind // Illinois abortion funds navigate falling donations post-Roe v. Wade — Chicago Reader — More than a year after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned federal abortion protections, midwest abortion funds and providers navigate increased client loads and falling donations. 2023. Read a preview. ✦ View as PDF.

Not the way a transparent, democratic process should work // What police accountability experts say about the new FOP contract — Chicago Reader — Chicago community organizers and police reform advocates question the lack of transparency surrounding the city’s new contract with the FOP and say Mayor Brandon Johnson should’ve pushed for greater accountability for cops, not less. 2023. Read a preview. ✦ View as PDF.

Chicago religious leaders urge peace after killing of six-year-old Muslim boy — The Guardian — Muslim, Jewish and Christian leaders shook hands, talked and prayed together after killing of Wadea Al-Fayoume. 2023. Read a preview. ✦ View as PDF.

“Is This a Union Town or What?” Chicago's Transformative Role in the Labor Movement—Past and Present—Fuels UAW Rally — In These Time — Mayor Brandon Johnson and local, national and international labor leaders joined United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain at a rally for striking autoworkers and allies at the Local 551 union hall. 2023. Read a preview. ✦ View as PDF.

Record Profits, Paltry Contracts Fire Up Chicago-Area Autoworkers to Strike — In These Times — “It’s not fair that [CEOs are] bringing home these millions of dollars and have so many summer homes ... and we’re living paycheck to paycheck.” 2023. Read a preview. ✦ View as PDF.

Welcome to the 34th Ward — The TRiiBE — 2023. Read a preview. ✦ View as PDF.

Activists, inmates and family members discuss the impact of COVID-19 on Illinois jails and prisons — The TRiiBE — 2020. Read a preview. ✦ View as PDF.

Canceling rent during COVID-19: a Chicago resident, landlord and community organizers weigh in — The TRiiBE — 2020. Read a preview. ✦ View as PDF.

Presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren visits Chicago’s West Side to support teachers strike — The TRiiBE — 2019. Read a preview. ✦ View as PDF.

West Side residents reflect on historic election — Austin Weekly News — Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot’s rise to office prompts praise, questions from residents. 2019. Read a preview. ✦ View as PDF.

After loss, Preckwinkle supporters ponder her future — Austin Weekly News — The county board president says she’ll still focus on progressive agenda. 2019. Read a preview. ✦ View as PDF.