When video of Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke shooting 17-year-old Laquan McDonald finally surfaced in November 2015, ...

Perspectives on Power, Politics, and Progress in Chicago Nearly sixty years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. issued a stark ...

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

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 ...

New SNAP work requirements in Illinois could leave hundreds of thousands without benefits, strain food pantries, and increase food insecurity, affecting families and children across local communities.

When video of Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke shooting 17-year-old Laquan McDonald finally surfaced in November 2015, after a year of official suppression, it ignited citywide protests and a ...

Inside The Loop with Christian Perry: Perspectives on Power, Politics, and Progress in Chicago Nearly sixty years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. issued a stark warning: “We must face the hard fact ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X In Kansas City, the former Graceland Elementary School was transformed into the Mary L. Kelly ...

Ken Sanders, a junior at West Side Leadership Academy in Gary, Ind., moved with his family from Chicago in 2013. Credit: Photo by Michelle Kanaar When Chicago Public Schools announced plans to close ...

As much as his life is worthy of honor and celebration, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. likely would have had a hard time during the recent searching examination of gender inequities prompted by the ...