Our analysis shows a troubling pattern of officers charging alleged victims of police misconduct with aggravated battery or assault to a police officer or resisting arrest.
Criminal Justice
Lawsuit: Chicago cops pointed guns at children during illegal raids
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Inspector General Joe Ferguson is launching an investigation on how police execute search warrants, specifically in raids where children are present at the residence.
affordable housing
What you need to know about Pilsen’s proposed historic landmark district
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Will creating a landmark designation help or hurt longtime residents’ ability to stay in the neighborhood?
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
After Goodwill controversy, spotlight on subminimum wage
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Many workers in Illinois classified as having mild or moderate disabilities currently make less than $1 an hour, advocates say.
Perspectives
Why states and cities should stop handing out billions in economic incentives to companies
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Recent scandals involve economic development programs in New Jersey and Maryland highlight their many flaws, including a lack of oversight and their ineffectiveness.\
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
Illinois prison officials are flying blind with electronic monitoring
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Pre-trial and post-release electronic monitoring is being challenged on the state level and in Cook County.
Perspectives
The long, bipartisan history of dealing with immigrants harshly
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Trump has expanded and escalated the most punitive policies he inherited from his predecessors.
Perspectives
The forgotten history of segregated swimming pools and amusement parks
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Municipal swimming pools flourished in the 20th century. But too often, their success was based on the exclusion of African Americans.
Perspectives
We need more teachers of color, so why do we use tests that keep them out of the classroom?
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Despite the known benefits of black students having black teachers, teacher license exams often stand in the way – even though they don’t predict which teachers will be effective, a scholar says.
Perspectives
Half a million American minors now live in Mexico
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Between 2000 and 2015, the population of U.S. citizen minors living in Mexico more than doubled. Who are the kids living on the other side of the border?
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
Four prison reform initiatives to watch on Re-entry Day in Illinois
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Lawmakers and advocates are pushing to limit solitary confinement and improve the health care, political representation and voting rights of state prisoners.