When it comes to flooding, what does environmental justice look like for Harvey, Illinois? Some residents of the south suburb ...

Join us for a webinar dedicated to the Cook County Digital Equity IMPACT Small Grants program, where storytelling takes center stage in enhancing the four cornerstones of the Cook County Digital ...

“Black leaders and parents have been vocal about the need for improving Black student outcomes. Pedro Martinez, despite his faults, has ensured that Black student success has been prioritized in the ...

Chicago Documenters teamed up with City Bureau’s Civic Reporting Fellows to get to the heart of the question: What do Chicagoans care about this election season? In a survey conducted in August and ...

City Bureau's work has always been based in shifting power by equipping communities to share their stories in their own words. We're excited to join the Cook County Office of the President to announce ...

“Within our policy, we can only deploy StarChase when we have reason to believe a crime has been committed or is being committed.” — Oak Brook Police Sgt. Jason Wood responding to questions about ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The story of Black generational wealth in Chicago is expansive. From the founding of the city by Black Haitian-American Jean Baptiste Point du Sable to the Great Migration to now, Black people have ...

Public meetings are important spaces for democracy where any resident can participate in civic life and hold public figures accountable. But how does the public know when meetings are happening? It ...

“Don’t do ShotSpotter, don’t throw that money away. The people who are advocating for it so hard … you are reactionary and you don’t want to see progress in Chicago.” — Frank Chapman, executive ...