South Side nonprofit newsroom Invisible Institute was awarded the 2024 Pulitzer Prizes for Audio Reporting and Local Reporting. Today’s announcement follows the 12-person newsroom’s...
MISSINGPERSONS: LaTonya Moore poses with her daughter’s urn, Shantieya Smith, inside her home 150 miles away from Chicago. May 11th, 2023. Smith was reported...
By Trina Reynolds-Tyler, Invisible Institute, and Sarah Conway, City Bureau
While the mishandling of missing person cases has been an ongoing problem for Chicago police,...
MISSINGPERSONS: Rev. Robin Hood, left, and Louvenia Hood, executive director of Mothers Opposed to Violence Everywhere, talk to a member of their community outside...
Photos of Shantieya Smith, as displayed in her mother’s living room. (Photo Sebastián Hidalgo)
A two-year investigation into how Chicago police handle missing person cases...
MISSINGPERSONS: Hundreds of Chicago residents joined KOCO organizers at the 6th annual We Walk For Her march. June 7th, 2023. Photo by Sebastin Hidalgo...
By Jenny Casas and Sarah Conway, City Bureau
Restorative justice, a mediation technique that uses peace circles to help people resolve disputes, is practiced in...
Shop Owners In Austin Worry Proliferation of Churches Is Making It Harder To Do Business
Lawrence LeBlanc has been doing business in Austin for more...