Data Archives - The Chicago Reporter

Behind the Data

Chicago Police Department partially restores access to arrests data following outcry

by Josh McGhee and Matt Chapman July 17, 2020July 29, 2020

The arrest API had been shut down after The Chicago Reporter used it to disprove official claims about arrests during George Floyd protests.

Flatten whose curve? COVID-19 response overlooks built-in racial inequities

by Aresha Martinez-Cardoso and Robert Vargas April 30, 2020April 30, 2020

Black people across Illinois are dying from COVID-19 at 3.4 times the rate of the white population

by Asraa Mustufa and David Eads April 7, 2020April 7, 2020

Criminal Justice

Stop-and-frisk down 80% in Chicago but Black and Latinx people still hit the hardest, judge finds

by Josh McGhee October 29, 2019October 30, 2019

Criminal Justice

The Kim Foxx effect: how prosecutions have changed in Cook County

by Matt Daniels October 24, 2019November 16, 2020

Criminal Justice

Timothy Trybus gets probation for viral hate crime, a common outcome for white defendants in Cook County

by Josh McGhee October 21, 2019October 24, 2019

Criminal Justice

Will Timothy Trybus go to prison for viral rant? Most white men charged with hate crimes in Cook County do not

by Josh McGhee October 4, 2019October 21, 2019

Criminal Justice

Watchdog: Seriously flawed Chicago gang database undermines public trust in police

by Jacqueline Serrato April 12, 2019April 18, 2019

Behind the Data, Education

How Illinois obscures racial disparities in school discipline data

by Kalyn Belsha July 18, 2018July 19, 2018

By conflating race and ethnicity, the next census could worsen inequality

by Nancy López March 13, 2018