City Bureau interviewed former Chicago Public School students, parents and teachers to see what priorities are shaping the ...

Five fellows with backgrounds in art, community organizing, journalism, filmmaking, teaching, youth development and data analysis are learning about critical information needs in our communities. What ...

Come for an ice cream cone, coloring, & conversation—while learning about the School Board Elections—Free ice cream for the first 75 guests! City Bureau’s newly published coloring book—“Your Voice ...

This year, City Bureau launched a pilot to accept pitches from Documenters who are interested in hosting a network-wide community event! Four Documenters from different sites selected and will be ...

Join us October 23 at Experimental Station and Build Coffee & Books! 10 years ago, City Bureau started with a big idea at Build Coffee and Experimental Station on Chicago’s South Side. On October 23, ...

Editor’s note: This story discusses crisis mental healthcare and mentions violent crime. Chicago Documenters notes from Nikebia Brown-Joseph, Katie Busch, Fabienne Elie, Ava Grubb, Holland Harmon, ...

“Perfect Storm” is a series focused on how federal funding instability is affecting local communities, produced by City Bureau in partnership with local organizations in the Documenters Network. It ...

This story was produced by City Bureau and co-published by the Chicago Reader. The area surrounding the 43rd Street Green Line stop will look drastically different in the next couple of years and two ...

Marion Turner moved to Wicker Park in the 1950s when vacant buildings and crime were common and the city’s disinvestment in the neighborhood was painfully apparent. In the 70s, Turner started looking ...

It wasn't until Michelle Kennedy left Bronzeville for City Planning graduate school in the 1990s that she learned her Chicago neighborhood’s name. After observing a classmate's presentation on the ...

Five recently arrived migrants say criminal trespassing enforcement at a Southwest Side Home Depot has escalated to alleged physical assaults by security personnel, including multiple off-duty Chicago ...

Passed in the summer of 2021, the ordinance established structures for both citywide and hyperlocal input on Chicago’s public safety infrastructure via the seven-member appointed Community Commission ...