Chicago

Why are some of us walking that extra mile? To show what a principled coalition looks like in one local context.

Sessions declared to review all of the consent decrees the Obama Justice Department entered into with a large number of cities.

“How to Kill a City” exposes how gentrification monetizes the loss and destruction of Black communities.

The president said he'd “send in the fed” to fix Chicago. On civil rights, he's doing the opposite.

Will requiring high school students to make post-graduation plans help or hurt their futures?

“A People's History of Chicago” brings this great American city to life with all of its scars and bruises, its sparkling beauty and contradictions intact.

The ordinance provides a meaningful model for creating reparations at the local level.

A movement in Chicago is growing to divest the city's pension funds and stocks and bonds.

Detroit paid Homrich Wrecking millions to shut off water supply to poor Black residents who couldn't pay their bills.

As the minimum wage rises, some cities have created departments to enforce the new labor laws. Chicago has not.