Sitting Ducks: ‘Leaving People in the Jail Is Leaving People to Die’
As Cook County Jail’s population rises again, advocates fear a spike in COVID-19 cases will follow
City Cited a School for Feeding Protesters
The Chicago Freedom School opened its doors to people who were trapped in the Loop after George Floyd protests and ordered pizza. Then police showed up.
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?
Incarcerated at Home
Those on electronic monitoring face some of the steepest challenges to their survival as the pandemic escalates in America.
Meet the Candidates: Bill Conway
The Weekly sits down with the former prosecutor running for Cook County State’s Attorney
Meet the Candidates: Kim Foxx
The Weekly sits down with the Cook County State’s Attorney
Keeping Tabs on Kim Foxx
How well has the State’s Attorney kept her 2016 campaign promises during her first term?
Conway’s Millions
Bill Conway’s campaign for Cook County State’s Attorney has been funded by investment bankers in Washington, D.C., and political movers and shakers in Chicago
Reframing the Narrative
Invisible Institute and Forensic Architecture reconstruct the police shooting of Harith Augustus—and contest the city’s story
Evans’s Bond Court Order Under Watch
With court watching and town halls, organizers continue to push criminal justice reform