Last week, Gov. JB Pritzker signed Karina’s Law, which allows state police departments to seize guns from anyone whose FOID ...

Winter 2025: How do Chicago’s young adults find housing and work? What resources do they have — and how can communities support them better? Led by City Bureau engagement reporter Jerrel Floyd, four ...

Residents and organizers are leaning on block clubs, community gardens and more as they fight for better mental health ...

The city needs more spaces for young people to connect and support each other. The best ones are spearheaded by the young ...

— Metropolitan Water Reclamation District commissioner Cameron Davis ...

Chicagoans know what sort of mental health services they want to see in their communities. But they don’t expect to see those services coming to their South and West Side neighborhoods any time soon.

In light of rising fears of Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity throughout Chicago, CEO Pedro Martinez assured that Chicago Public Schools will continue to follow their current procedures and ...

Raymond Thompson, a lifelong South Sider, has made it his life’s work to help improve the foundation of his community in order to uplift the youth of the present. After receiving a master’s degree in ...

Thomas Ivey has some advice for parents of teenagers: “Never say to them, ‘When I was your age,’” he said, laughing. But he’s not joking. Ivey, 60, is a Chicago-based social worker and therapist who ...