Election Week Through the Lenses of Black Women
Snapshots of the 2020 election from five photographers across the Rust Belt.
Following the Yellowlined Road
Yellowlining—the lesser cousin of federal-government redlining—was a discriminatory force that historians and economists have only begun to explore.
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.
On the Van Galder from Wisconsin to O’Hare
"In Wisconsin, the Van Galder is a rite of passage for budget travelers of all stripes—students, retirees, the frugal, the working poor."
Between the Lake and Emmett Till Road
An excerpt from "The Chicago Neighborhood Guidebook."
How Chef Chanell Hale is Feeding Her Community in a Pandemic
A look inside the Chicago operation where Hale and her team cook and deliver hundreds of meals per week.
Cleveland and Chicago: Cities of Segregation
An excerpt from "Black in the Middle."
#NoCopAcademy and the Movement to Defund the Police
How youth organizers in Chicago laid the groundwork for contemporary calls to defund the police.
Taking it to the Streets: Protesting at the 1968 Democratic National Convention
Excerpted from Lee Weiner's memoir "Conspiracy to Riot: The Life and Times of one of the Chicago 7."
Give Your Money to Mary Lane
The legendary Chicago blueswoman has never gotten her due.
The People’s Free Food Project
Black and brown Chicagoans are making sure everybody eats—while holding space for revolution and joy.
Protest and Power
Scenes from a moment of reckoning.