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The Chicago Police Department fails to follow the law and its own directives to allow those in custody a phone call to a lawyer within one hour of arrest, advocates say.
Illinois law stops worker-owned cooperatives from being established as businesses in Chicago, a city ripe to join the national movement to democratize local economies.
Stakeholders in Illinois, around the country and across the spectrum are proposing ways for police, as first responders, to arrest and incarcerate less and help more, but additional funding is needed.
The “model minority” stereotype masks the diversity of experiences and racial inequities faced by the city’s Asian Americans, as detailed in a new report.
The agency’s new approach to cleaning up hazardous waste sites favors private developers, sidelining input from the South and West Side communities most affected.
The leading black artist’s remark reinforced false and timeworn rhetoric about black labor that has real life policy implications.
Ending the state’s flat income tax rate would reduce taxes for most while raising $2 billion in additional revenue a year, a new report says.
When he started his first term in 1983, the city’s first black mayor brought a new approach to governing by refusing to play the boss.
Organizers aim to avert gentrification brought on by the Obama library through an ordinance that would require the city and the University of Chicago to protect and support nearby residents.
Letter to the Editor | As mental health facilities close, officers often face unwinnable encounters. A retired detective comments on the U. of C. police shooting of Charles Thomas.