In honor of Local News Day, TCR is turning its lens toward the city’s past and present, exploring Chicago’s complex and often fraught history through photography. From entrenched segregation to powerful movements for advocacy, leadership, and justice, this project reflects on the forces that have shaped the city, and the people who continue to redefine it. As The post Local News Day: Looking Back at 150 Years of Chicago Photography appeared first on The Chicago Reporter.

This story was produced by Injustice Watch, a nonprofit newsroom in Chicago that investigates issues of equity and justice in the Cook County court system. Sign up here to get their weekly newsletter. Illinois Democratic Party leader Michael Cabonargi will lose his recent appointment as a Cook County judge despite raising more than $150,000 in campaign funds The post Judicial election results: Three appointed judges rejected by voters in Cook County judicial primaries appeared first on The Chicago Reporter.

On a Wednesday in late February the sound of four-on-the-floor beats and hypnotic basslines wafted through the halls of learning. This siren song led back to room 2024, where a DJ was mixing, looping and scratching bouncing tracks in the middle of a school day. A DJ was nestled in the right corner, with headphones The post Student Voices: DJ beats rooted in African-American history appeared first on The Chicago Reporter.

The dismantling of BET+ and what It means when Black America loses control of its own story Last Friday, Paramount confirmed what many of us feared was coming: BET+, the standalone streaming service that was supposed to be a digital home for Black storytelling, is being shuttered. Its content will be absorbed into Paramount+ beginning The post Who Owns the Mirror? appeared first on The Chicago Reporter.

The largest neighborhood air monitoring network in the U.S. allows residents to track Chicago air pollution in real time. March 14: A statement about how air quality data can be used to identify pollution hotspots and guide federal enforcement was mistakenly attributed to Grace Adams of the Chicago Department of Public Health. The paragraph has The post Chicago Air Pollution Map Shows Neighborhood Air Quality Across the City appeared first on The Chicago Reporter.