How Cook County Jail Became the Country’s First Jail-Based Polling Place
Many incarcerated people have the right to vote, but steep barriers can make it nearly impossible. In Cook County, Illinois, that’s starting to change.
#NoCopAcademy and the Movement to Defund the Police
How youth organizers in Chicago laid the groundwork for contemporary calls to defund the police.
The Contradictions of a Progressive Police Chief
Newly-appointed CPD Superintendent David Brown left a complicated legacy in Dallas. Will he have his second chance in Chicago?
Democracy by Mail
Coronavirus has threatened the viability of in-person voting. With major elections just a few months away, states and organizers are looking to expand alternative options.
What COVID-19 and the Chicago Heat Wave of 1995 Have in Common
Large-scale emergencies reveal underlying gaps in access and infrastructure.