Neighbors at our Public Newsroom about Chicago’s lead pipes problem wanted to know more about finding the best water filter ...

City Bureau, Video Consortium Chicago and Evident Media hosted journalists, free press advocates, and community members to ...

Artist Zahra Baker came up in “a system of care” before the HIV/AIDS epidemic decimated communities. With health crises and ...

The city of Chicago’s budget uses multiple sources of revenue (how the city makes or collects money) to pay for various expenses (how the city spends money ). All the money the city collects (or ...

Changosnakedog uses puppets, music and multiple languages to connect people across languages and generations. Founder Otto ...

Dominic Pacyga, an urban historian and author, has researched immigration history for decades. As ICE raids hit local ...

The Inner-City Muslim Action Network’s Green ReEntry program brings younger people and elders together for mentorship and ...

Who gets to grow up surrounded by elders — or have mentors who invest in them? City Bureau Civic Reporting fellows spoke to grocery shoppers in Near West Side on a fall afternoon to learn more about ...

SirJayden Addison has been involved with Crushers Club since he was 9. The South Side community organization, which serves at-risk boys and young men year-round, has consistently supported him into ...

Vital services for Chicagoans of all ages are in danger as the city’s Department of Family and Support Services faces its first major funding cut in over a decade. The $632.6 million budget proposal ...

Editor’s update: November SNAP benefits are scheduled to be fully sent out by Nov. 20. If you or someone you know needs food, visit the Greater Chicago Food Depository website, Feeding Illinois or the ...

In this context, a rapid response system is made up of community members and organizations working together to quickly confirm when federal agents are in an area and warn neighbors who may be at risk ...