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With Election Day approaching, some South Siders are skeptical about how much local leaders care about their daily struggles and needs. City Bureau Civic Reporting fellows interviewed residents in ...

Teresa Smith and her family never got justice after her mother disappeared six years ago. Smith was one of several speakers at a City Council hearing last week on the crisis of missing Black women and ...

When it comes to flooding, what does environmental justice look like for Harvey, Illinois? Some residents of the south suburb are resisting a Metropolitan Water Reclamation District program to buy out ...

Voting is a fundamental right, yet for people experiencing homelessness, exercising that right can be filled with challenges. In Chicago, that means a reported 50,000 adults experiencing housing ...

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Join us for a webinar dedicated to the Cook County Digital Equity IMPACT Small Grants program, where storytelling takes center stage in enhancing the four cornerstones of the Cook County Digital ...

Out of years of reporting, research and relationships with community members, City Bureau has built “Will That New Development Benefit Your Community? The People’s Guide to Community Benefits ...

The City Bureau Civic Reporting Fellowship is a paid, 16-week opportunity for emerging journalists looking to grow their skills in reporting, community engagement and leadership. Fellows attend weekly ...

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Summer 2022: Are policymakers keeping their promises to reduce racial disparities in the economic fallout of the pandemic? We’ll learn from low- and moderate-income Chicagoans how economic policy ...

The story of Black generational wealth in Chicago is expansive. From the founding of the city by Black Haitian-American Jean Baptiste Point du Sable to the Great Migration to now, Black people have ...