Twenty years ago the ponds of Izaak Walton Forest Preserve in southern Cook County looked very different. Clean and clear, ...

Founded on the heels of the civil rights movement of the 1960s, The Chicago Reporter confronts racial and economic inequality ...

As the Chicago Department of Public Health rolls out an ambitious action plan, Trump’s Project 2025 playbook threatens to reverse progress Pills & drugs, healthcare photo. Free public domain CC0 image ...

As Chicago grapples with one of the nation’s most severe racial health disparities, a controversial conservative policy agenda known as Project 2025 threatens to undermine crucial health equity ...

Chicago becomes official with its first city charter. The Chicago Teachers Federation (CTF) is formed to advocate on behalf of teachers. It would become the Chicago Teachers Union 40 years later.

Katie Schulder-Battis is an accomplished investigative journalist serving as the Chicago Reporter’s Investigative Editor, where she has focused on legal justice reform, local policy, and healthcare ...

Browse our Feb 1990 — Jun 1995 archives. (Available in PDF format only.) ...

Founded on the heels of the civil rights movement of the 1960s, The Chicago Reporter confronts racial and economic inequality, using the power of investigative journalism. Our mission is national but ...

Founded on the heels of the civil rights movement of the 1960s, The Chicago Reporter confronts racial and economic inequality, using the power of investigative journalism. Our mission is national but ...

Founded on the heels of the civil rights movement in the 1960s, The Chicago Reporter confronts racial and economic inequality, using the power of investigative journalism. Our mission is national but ...