Property taxes have increased every year in Illinois for the past three decades. For the 2026 budget season, legislators and ...

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 ...

Justice-impacted Illinoisans face life-long barriers to employment, housing and education. “A different kind of lawyer” offers hope. At 54, Cynthia Cornelius had a packed resume. She’d worked in ...

Originally published on Prison Writers Jereme Carter describes the living conditions in the East Moline Correctional Center which he says has urine on the floors from leaky toilets, black mold ...

Jereme Carter describes the living conditions in the East Moline Correctional Center which he says has urine on the floors from leaky toilets, black mold everywhere and correctional staff who hate ...