Legal first in ‘Billy the Kid’ home-side homicide convictions
Issa Seed, Adel Yussuf and Daniel Mensah were found guilty of murdering their friend, Billy McCullagh, during a shoot-out with a rival gang.
Chicago Police Are Arresting Thousands More Black Drivers After Traffic Stops Than They Report
An analysis by Block Club Chicago and Injustice Watch found thousands of missing traffic stops that ended in gun possession arrests in data Chicago police are required to report to the Illinois ...
The repercussions of environmental hazards on Chicago communities
Environmental hazards mark the landscape of Chicago's Southeast Side, where residents cope with ... associate professor of economics at the University of Illinois Chicago, says a complicated ...
You’ve heard of food deserts. Pharmacy deserts are just as bad.
In January, a new Illinois ... Street and Ashland Avenue. Melvin Thompson outside a former Walgreens at 95th and Halsted streets. The building is now a beauty supply store. On the West Side ...
State Sen. Elgie Sims approached in federal criminal investigation into alleged influence peddling by body-cam company
The probe lies in a familiar gray territory of Illinois politics, where lax ethics laws have made it legal for state lawmakers ... ranging from Washington K Street firm National Strategies to ...
A deep dive into census data shows grounds for cautious optimism
According to the census, 55% weren't born in Illinois, and based on reasonable ... taking in virtually all the lakefront between Evanston and 67th Street, and including half the city's population ...
Too little, too late for people seeking climate relief
For areas still suffering from once-legal discrimination in lending and housing ... The Pecatonica River separates the east and west sides of Freeport, Illinois. The east side, pictured to the left, ...
The Government’s Failure to Move Vulnerable People Out of Harm’s Way in the Era of Massive Flooding
NEW BERN, NC—Janice Crews knew time was not on her side after ... from once-legal discrimination in lending and housing, relocation brings even more challenges. In Freeport, Illinois, for ...
The fight to curb gun violence without inflaming racial biases
He said that while he was walking along N Street in the Shaw neighborhood of ... "There's definitely a tension between our biased criminal legal system and some of the sentencing-focused policies ...
Big Brothers Big Sisters hopes new center will spur program on West Side
Between Cook, Lake and DuPage counties in Illinois and Lake County, Indiana, the group now mentors 2,000 young people annually. In Austin, the group hopes to pair over 130 West Side young people ...
EXPLAINER: What’s behind the storming of Iraq’s parliament?
Expectations of street protests swirled ... saw this as a sign that neither side wants any escalating bloodshed. “There were three big messages: This is theater, there was no violence yesterday and ...
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