Led by City Bureau’s senior reporter Sarah Conway, four emerging journalists reported on Chicago’s guaranteed income pilot program and private efforts provide cash directly to individuals who struggle to access the social safety net, such as people who have been incarcerated.

Led by City Bureau’s engagement reporter Jerrel Floyd, four emerging reporters looked into the city’s promises to spend a billion dollars building affordable housing. The reporters focused on Bronzeville, where a developer is promising a mixed-income community built with the help of tax-payer dollars near public transportation.

Experts say an eviction avalanche is coming. But thousands of Chicago renters have already been pushed to the brink of the housing cliff.

Fall 2020: How are Chicago’s immigrants empowered through the electoral process, and in what ways do election outcomes affect their lives?

The city faces a historic deficit. Where will the mayor find money, and where will services be cut?

As the census approaches, stakes are high in Illinois as the state has billions of federal funding dollars—and perhaps even a seat in Congress—at stake.

What does Black wealth look like in Chicago? Our reporting fellows look to tell the expansive story of how generations of Black Chicagoans built, lost and passed along wealth by looking beyond the financial statistics.

A Spring 2019 City Bureau project is tackling issues of racial inequity in maternal and infant health and telling stories of community solutions and resilience.

In July 2017, a new court opened on Chicago’s West Side that aimed to restore defendants to the community via peace circles rather than punishing them within the criminal justice system.

Where do candidates stand on the issues West Side residents care about the most? Responses from six front-running mayoral candidates, and aldermanic candidates in the 28th, 29th and 37th Wards.

What went wrong? Data analysis and interviews reveal how a watershed moment after the killing of Laquan McDonald failed to result in community-supported police reform.

Chicago is one of the nation’s most diverse — and segregated — cities. But while Census numbers say Chicago is more racially integrated than it was 30 years ago, numbers don’t tell the whole story.