Chicago Freedom Movement 50
The roots of the Chicago Freedom Movement
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An upcoming book assesses the impact of Martin Luther King Jr.’s efforts to bring the civil rights movement to Chicago through a campaign for open housing.
Government and Politics
Mental health services jeopardized by Illinois budget
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Advocates and providers of community mental health services say proposed budget would force deep cuts in mental health care and greatly limit availability of treatment.
The new treatment center
Interactive map of Chicago public mental health clinics
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This interactive map shows client caseloads and staffing levels at each of Chicago’s public mental health clinics between January 2011 and 2014.
Book Excerpt
Innocent and locked up
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In a new book by Courtney B. Lance and Nikkie D. Pope, people who were wrongfully convicted tell their stories of hope, survival and redemption.
Child and Family
After-school program gets axed
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The program serves thousands of at-risk youth. State Budget Watch is a series that looks at the impact of state budget cuts on social services in Illinois.
State Budget Watch
Funding for immigrant integration services: zero
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Services aimed at helping immigrants transition into their new lives are among the latest to be cut under Gov. Rauner’s 2016 budget proposal.
State Budget Watch
State budget plan cuts millions from Chicago parks
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Projects at 25 parks across Chicago would lose $28 million for improvements if a state funding freeze is not reversed.
State Budget Watch
Letter to CeaseFire
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Some state social-service agencies face deep funding cuts because of Gov. Bruce Rauner’s budget plan. One of those programs is the anti-violence initiative CeaseFire Illinois.
Ferguson
Ferguson: What’s next
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On Nov. 24, a St. Louis County grand jury did not indict Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson, who fatally shot an unarmed black teenager in August. The Chicago Reporter talked to advocates for greater police accountability and asked them, “What’s next?”
Cover Story
Black Chicago by the numbers
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When Rahm Emanuel ran for mayor four years ago, African-American voters pulled him across the finish line without a run-off. He won about six out of every 10 votes cast in predominantly black wards—largely on the say-so of his former boss, President Barack Obama. But as the February mayoral election nears, Emanuel’s approval ratings among the voters who carried him to City Hall have tumbled, according to a Chicago Tribune poll.