With the impending end of the ShotSpotter contract Sept. 22, the vote took place just hours after ShotSpotter cut its prices ...

Los hombres migrantes encuentran en el baile erótico un camino poco convencional que ofrece la posibilidad de estabilidad ...

Join us Monday, September 18th at 6pm at the City Bureau office for a Community of Practice gathering with our City Bureau fellows! If you’ve never attended a Chicago CoP, you can expect a chill, ...

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.

Out of years of reporting, research and relationships with community members, City Bureau has built “Will That New Development Benefit Your Community? The People’s Guide to Community Benefits ...

Public meetings are workshops for democracy, where residents of a community can witness, learn about, and act on the systems that impact their lives. But many local government meetings happen with no ...

Chicago Documenters is our local hub for civic action and public oversight of local government through local media. We train and pay Chicagoans like you to attend public meetings and publish the ...

Lorena Landelos was walking to her house in Pilsen a year and a half ago when a man with a knife appeared and demanded she hand over her purse. “I didn't want to give him my bag because it had my ...

The City Bureau Civic Reporting Fellowship is a paid, 16-week opportunity for emerging journalists looking to grow their skills in reporting, community engagement and leadership. Fellows attend weekly ...

Men dressed solely in underwear pepper an uncrowded, low-lit gay club in Chicago’s Boystown on a chilly weekend night. Pop music thumps loud enough to drown out intimate conversation. Bartenders mix ...

Summer 2022: Are policymakers keeping their promises to reduce racial disparities in the economic fallout of the pandemic? We’ll learn from low- and moderate-income Chicagoans how economic policy ...