Winter 2024: As tens of thousands of asylum seekers arrive in Chicago, how are they finding work — and how much exploitation do they risk facing? Led by City Bureau senior reporter Sarah Conway, four ...

Do you owe money for parking tickets and other unpaid fines? Here’s what you need to know about Chicago’s debt sale, debt relief programs, and how to spot a debt scam.

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Chicago’s debt sale and what it means for YOU. Chicago is tapping Bank of America to carry out its unprecedented sale of city ...

Jaqueza Thomas has always had an entrepreneurial spirit. At 15, he spent his high school days launching a clothing line, building a business while studying at Hansberry College Prep in Auburn Gresham ...

Editor’s note: This story discusses crisis mental healthcare and mentions violent crime. Chicago Documenters notes from Nikebia Brown-Joseph, Katie Busch, Fabienne Elie, Ava Grubb, Holland Harmon, ...

On a cold, snowy morning in mid-March, Marielis Yepez, 30, and Adriana Valencia, 32, search for one particular contractor in a sea of customers loading their cars at a Southwest Side Home Depot. The ...

We explore Chicago's Chinatown, from its early days as a hub for newly arrived Chinese immigrants through its present-day expansion and growth on the South Side.

Learn more about City Bureau's impact across collaborative community-centered journalism and browse our Annual Reports. As a national civic media lab based in Chicago, City Bureau builds ...

A Community Benefits Agreement (CBA) is a legally binding contract between a community and a developer that includes commitments the developer will make to the neighborhood, in exchange for the ...

HOW DO WE COVER SEXUAL ASSAULT? How can journalists report on sexual assault ethically, with the most care for sources who are survivors of sexual violence? What would it look like to report on sexual ...

They’re eager to work. They bring a host of skills and experience, including in higher education, banking, construction work, clothing design and mechanics. Still, recently arrived migrants are ...