Led by City Bureau engagement reporter Jerrel Floyd, four emerging reporters looked into Chicago’s 2024 election process. They focused on the state of politics in 2024, how people can participate in elections and civic engagement after November, and more. Here’s what we found.

Led by City Bureau engagement reporter Jerrel Floyd, four emerging reporters looked into youth mental health in Chicago. Their focus was on where teens and young adults can access help — and how the city responds to their needs. Here’s what we learned.

Led by City Bureau senior reporter Sarah Conway, four emerging reporters looked into the recent arrivals of asylum seekers to Chicago. They focused on how migrants were finding work and building new lives for themselves — and how the city was responding to their needs. Here’s what we found.

Led by City Bureau’s engagement reporter Jerrel Floyd, four emerging reporters explored affordable housing in Bronzeville. Community members posed the question of how to find places to live in their long-time neighborhood without breaking the bank. Here’s what we learned.

Led by City Bureau’s senior reporter Sarah Conway, four emerging journalists reported on Chicago’s guaranteed income pilot program and private efforts provide cash directly to individuals who struggle to access the social safety net, such as people who have been incarcerated.

Led by City Bureau’s engagement reporter Jerrel Floyd, four emerging reporters looked into the city’s promises to spend a billion dollars building affordable housing. The reporters focused on Bronzeville, where a developer is promising a mixed-income community built with the help of tax-payer dollars near public transportation.

Experts say an eviction avalanche is coming. But thousands of Chicago renters have already been pushed to the brink of the housing cliff.

Fall 2020: How are Chicago’s immigrants empowered through the electoral process, and in what ways do election outcomes affect their lives?

The city faces a historic deficit. Where will the mayor find money, and where will services be cut?

As the census approaches, stakes are high in Illinois as the state has billions of federal funding dollars—and perhaps even a seat in Congress—at stake.

What does Black wealth look like in Chicago? Our reporting fellows look to tell the expansive story of how generations of Black Chicagoans built, lost and passed along wealth by looking beyond the financial statistics.

A Spring 2019 City Bureau project is tackling issues of racial inequity in maternal and infant health and telling stories of community solutions and resilience.

In July 2017, a new court opened on Chicago’s West Side that aimed to restore defendants to the community via peace circles rather than punishing them within the criminal justice system.

Where do candidates stand on the issues West Side residents care about the most? Responses from six front-running mayoral candidates, and aldermanic candidates in the 28th, 29th and 37th Wards.