Ahead of the 2024 elections, Englewood and Bronzeville residents say politicians aren’t doing enough for their communities ...

Teresa Smith and her family never got justice after her mother disappeared six years ago.

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 ...

Public meetings are important spaces for democracy where any resident can participate in civic life and hold public figures accountable. But how does the public know when meetings are happening? It ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Chicago Documenters is our local hub for civic action and public oversight of local government through local media. We train and pay Chicagoans like you to attend public meetings and publish the ...

Alex Arriaga is a yearlong Civic Reporting Resident at City Bureau covering a beat about how immigrants are participating in civic life. Lily Qi, Paco Alvarez and Lynda Lopez are Fall 2020 Civic ...

An analysis of data and interviews with political insiders shows how momentum for strong police accountability measures was halted in City Council. In the wake of the November 2015 release of a video ...