Originally published on Prison Writers Jereme Clark describes the living conditions in the East Moline Correctional Center ...

Originally published on Prison Writers Jereme Clark describes the living conditions in the East Moline Correctional Center which he says has urine on the floors from leaky toilets, black mold ...

Activists and community members want clarity amid layoff announcements and budget analysis by Chicago Public Schools July is Disability Pride Month. This July, Chicago disability advocates have been ...

Activists and community members want clarity amid layoff announcements and budget analysis by Chicago Public Schools July was Disability Pride Month. During the past month, Chicago disability ...

After decades of protest from activists, change is coming to the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) health care system. A June 23rd memo announced that the IDOC is abandoning contract ...

After decades of protest from activists, change is coming to the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) health care system. A June 23rd memo announced that the IDOC is abandoning contract ...

Key Elementary School, located in the predominantly black Austin neighborhood, has stood empty since 2013 when it became one of 50 under-enrolled Chicago public schools shuttered to save money. Credit ...

City officials' responses to the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald expose systemic failures in police accountability.

Both Chicago and Kansas City carried out mass school closures in poor, black neighborhoods, but they had vastly different approaches to repurposing them.

Arellano became the face of immigration reform in 2006. She morphed from a fearful undocumented immigrant to an international activist.