Tool shows history of heat-related deaths, demographics, land use and air conditioning access across communities.

How long will Chicago align its policies and imagination with the racial stereotype that young Black folks aren’t children and are somehow inherently dangerous and other?

Illinois faces a demographic double bind. Not only are fewer women of childbearing age remaining in the state because of persistent outmigration, but those who stay are having few ...

The City Council needs 34 votes to override Mayor Brandon Johnson’s veto of an ordinance that would allow the police to enact ...

Chicago's proposed "snap curfew" ordinance, which would allow Chicago police to impose a youth curfew anywhere in the city on as little as 30 minutes' notice, is back in the spotlight at City Hall.

The Chicago Police Department made 45% fewer traffic stops in 2024, but Black and Latino drivers were four times more likely ...

Just weeks after a deadly mass shooting left four dead and 14 others injured outside of a business in River North, the owners have announced they are closing the doors for good. In a ...

Sci-fi books and movies have imagined a future where police can predict crimes long before artificial intelligence (AI) made ...

Leaders from various groups helping disrupt crime met to discuss what has been going on this summer in Chicago, and how to ...