Near West Side shoppers speak out on how are intergenerational ties are shifting — from church pews to chosen families — and ...

Beyond summer jobs, community organizations across Chicago are building year-round, comprehensive youth development.

Through outreach or mentorship, many are eager to connect across age groups and pass down their knowledge and wisdom.

Committee members voted 25-10 against the plan, which generated controversy because of the controversial Community Safety ...

Just last month in Chicago, City Bureau welcomed over 40 staff members representing more than 20 communities across the country for our third Documenters Network Summit. As the network expands year ...

Learn from three organizations utilizing storytelling, community engagement, and collaboration to advance digital equity in ...

Whether you are an experienced documenter or someone who is looking to sharpen build their knowledge base this workshop will sharpen your ear, strengthen your note taking, and boost public ...

Experts say an eviction avalanche is coming. But thousands of Chicago renters have already been pushed to the brink of the housing cliff. Andre Wallace* has wanted to move for months. The West ...

This story was reported and published in collaboration with Injustice Watch, a non-partisan, not-for-profit journalism organization that conducts in-depth research exposing institutional failures that ...

For 2026, CPD’s budget will bump to $2.1 billion, which includes $101.1 million more in overtime, nearly double this year’s budget. CPD accounts for one-third of the city’s $6 billion corporate fund, ...

Rakya Graham, 23, is a painter and poet studying art at Harold Washington College in the Loop. Still, her only paying job — a server at The Cheesecake Factory — has nothing to do with her artistic ...

Explore data on how every precinct in Illinois voted on the U.S. President, U.S. Senate and the Illinois tax amendment. Support City Bureau’s community-centered reporting by becoming a City Bureau ...