Originally published on Prison Writers Jereme Clark describes the living conditions in the East Moline Correctional Center ...

Originally published on Prison Writers Jereme Clark describes the living conditions in the East Moline Correctional Center which he says has urine on the floors from leaky toilets, black mold ...

Activists and community members want clarity amid layoff announcements and budget analysis by Chicago Public Schools July is Disability Pride Month. This July, Chicago disability advocates have been ...

After decades of protest from activists, change is coming to the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) health care system ...

After decades of protest from activists, change is coming to the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) health care system. A June 23rd memo announced that the IDOC is abandoning contract ...

On December 18, 2024, Aaron Jones stands by the ditch that floods with sewage during heavy rainfall. He thinks if Carterville replaced its wastewater treatment plant, the overflows into his ditch ...

This content is made possible through TCR’s partnership with Medill Investigative Lab-Chicago at Northwestern University Beneath the shadow of the bustling overpass on Chicago’s Near West Side, where ...

Photo by Tyrone Madera, Wikimedia Commons. Beneath the shadow of the bustling overpass on Chicago’s Near West Side, where Desplaines Street meets Hubbard, is an informal encampment residents call the ...

We are enamored with films that depict migrants coming to America on sea who are welcomed by the sight of the Statue of Liberty and the comfortability of the New York shores. As I watch ICE bang on a ...

Since the Supreme Court overturned federally-mandated nationwide abortion access in the 2022 Dobbs decision, states have been enacting ever-tightening restrictions on access to reproductive healthcare ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Pro-Palestinian protesters gather outside of a campaign event for Democratic presidential ...