The Pulitzer Center is pleased to announce that WBEZ race, class, and communities reporter Natalie Y. Moore has been selected as our second 2020 Richard C. Longworth Media Fellow.  A collaboration...

Black strategized with Martin Luther King Jr., challenged the Democratic Party machine and fought to desegregate housing and public schools.

It’s no secret Chicago takes its egg rolls very seriously. The Tribune has extensively chronicled the history behind the iconic Chicago-style egg roll, defined by the addition of peanut butte…

Racial covenants made it illegal for Black people to live in white neighborhoods. Now they're illegal, but you might still have one on your home's deed. And they're hard to remove.

WBEZ is putting together a guide of the city's most fun and unexpected activities — and we need your help! To get you started, we put together a few Mad Libs-style prompts. Fill them in as if you...

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City officials braced for chaos after releasing a video of a white police officer shooting a black teen. Hear young black activists explain why the protests were peaceful—and aren’t over yet. 

I cringe when I hear Black folks spew anti-immigrant rhetoric. We know what it’s like to be “otherized” and accused of taking something away from another group.

Don’t come in with a savior mentality hitched to your moving truck. Don’t start your own block club; join the existing one.

The disparity in home values between white neighborhoods and Black and Latinx communities has increased more than six-fold since 1980.

Despite their role in Chicago’s history, Native Americans persist today largely as an invisible minority.

A South Side gallery showcases works highlighting the resilience of black and brown men who were tortured into making false confessions.

Public safety experts and youth advocates pitched ideas ranging from paid peacekeepers to improved transportation.

During my frequent jaunts to Chinatown, I observe how the enclave represents the best of our segregated city. I marvel at the age and racial diversity, especially during the summer when the streets...

Six grassroots organizations are teaming up to build a solidarity economy featuring worker cooperatives, participatory budgets and public banks.

We’re investigating racially restrictive covenants and deeds, agreements meant to keep Black Chicagoans out of white neighborhoods. Your home records could contain clues.

What will it mean if ward-level data show Black voters cast ballots for Johnson, while their City Council representatives backed Vallas?

DOWNTOWN — It's a familiar refrain. Anytime people of color protest against police brutality — as they did across the country in response to the killing

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“It could be 101. It could be 150. I’ll still wear a hoodie,” one kid says. “I don’t leave the house without a hoodie. Never.”

Asylum-seekers dwell in 10 temporary shelters operated by the city of Chicago. Half the shelters are in higher-income neighborhoods.

Editor's note: This story has been updated. RAVENSWOOD — The newest brewery in Chicago's booming "Malt Row" brewing district is also its smallest. Located