Beyond summer jobs, community organizations across Chicago are building year-round, comprehensive youth development.

Join the Video Consortium Chicago — in partnership with City Bureau and the Emmy award-winning outlet Evident Media — for a screening of “Operation: Return to Sender.” Earlier this year, the ...

For 2026, CPD’s budget will bump to $2.1 billion, which includes $101.1 million more in overtime, nearly double this year’s ...

The City Bureau Civic Reporting Fellowship is a paid, 16-week opportunity for emerging journalists looking to grow their skills in reporting, community engagement and leadership. Fellows attend ...

Chicago faces a $1.15 billion shortfall, partly due to federal funding cuts and the expiration of COVID-era grants, such as ...

Chicago Documenters explored how intergenerational relationships shape how people live, work, organize and build community as part of a collaboration with the Civic Reporting Fellowship.

City Bureau partnered with PUÑO to offer hands-on training in Pilsen for residents navigating federal immigration crackdowns in the city. by Hector Cervantes ...

Join City Bureau staff in a conversation with Ald. Matt Martin and ranked choice voting advocates about the electoral process, and help us decide which Chicago pizza ranks first in our hearts — and ...

Download a printable PDF of this guide here. Para la versión en español de este artículo, haga click aquí. Federal agents from the Department of Homeland Security, including Immigration and Customs ...

City Bureau is an innovation lab reimagining local journalism, civic media, and participatory democracy. We equip people with civic skills, develop resources that directly meet people’s information ...

This guide is a partnership between City Bureau, Grist, Inside Climate News and WBEZ. Chicago residents risk daily lead exposure from toxic lead service lines, the underground pipes that connect ...

Last fall, City Bureau kicked off a partnership with Cook County to design and implement the Digital Equity IMPACT Small Grants Program, a groundbreaking new initiative that leverages community ...