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- News & Politics, Feature Nov 25, 2020
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Four actual proposals for cutting Chicago’s police budget right now
We likely won’t see the 75 percent cut that organizers have asked for, but there are some proposals on the table.
- News & Politics, News Oct 16, 2020
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Queer folks of color want to cancel today’s Buttigieg-Lightfoot book event
Activists say the pair's public conversation about “trust and distrust” shows the problems with assuming marginalized people have progressive values.
- News & Politics, News Oct 2, 2020
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‘We just want to go home’
CPD’s violent response to a student-led protest downtown and what it says about this moment in our history
- News & Politics, Feature Sep 17, 2020
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That lockout you witnessed? It didn’t happen.
Ex-cops attempted to throw out a Rogers Park tenant at gunpoint. The police report tells a different story.
- News & Politics, Feature Aug 24, 2020
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A rosy CPS survey on cops in schools falls short
Despite bad data and board discord, CPS renews contract with CPD.
- News & Politics, Feature Aug 12, 2020
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‘This is not a war zone’
What happened in Englewood in the three crucial hours after the police shooting of Latrell Allen
- Columns & Opinion, Opinion Jun 29, 2020
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Chicago, racism is hurting us all
Together, we can fight racism, rebuild our neighborhoods, and fight for the future of our city.
- News & Politics, Feature Jun 10, 2020
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From soldier to worker
Police unions were born of resistance to discipline for brutality. Do they belong in the labor movement?
- News & Politics, Feature Jun 5, 2020
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The front lines of police brutality
Photos from a protest where cops shot pepper spray into a kettled crowd.
- News & Politics, News Jun 1, 2020
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Police abolitionists find fuel in the protests
As more people lose faith in the state, organizers offer alternatives.
- News & Politics, News May 29, 2020
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The Reader guide to police abolition
Our reporting on envisioning and organizing a city less reliant on cops to keep us safe
- News & Politics, Media May 12, 2020
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One murder, four years, no answers
A mother takes to podcasting wondering if CPD did “a cover-up or are they just this damn incompetent?”
- Columns & Opinion, Opinion Mar 10, 2020
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Torture survivors’ silence will not protect the Chicago Police Department
An effort by the Fraternal Order of Police to prosecute survivors for telling their stories is an all-to-common abuse tactic.
- News & Politics, Feature Feb 20, 2020
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Heroes, terrorists, and the police
The lack of congressional oversight on ITTA—a small police training company founded in Chicago that has trained more than 600 officers in El Salvador—is even more problematic given the behavior of some of the U.S. officers running the program.
- News & Politics, News Dec 12, 2019
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Getting ‘Eddie Johnson drunk’ at Ceres Cafe
Chicagoans seek psychic relief by making a mockery of the fired police superintendent.
- News & Politics, Feature Sep 12, 2019
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‘We Are Witnesses: Chicago’
In 15 direct-to-camera testimonies, this Marshall Project video series gives voice to Chicagoans affected by the justice system.
- News & Politics, Feature Sep 12, 2019
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‘I’m the bad guy now’: A retired cop on outing police misconduct
Bill Dorsch loved being a Chicago cop, then he witnessed misconduct by disgraced detective Reynaldo Guevara.
- News & Politics, Feature Sep 12, 2019
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Rewriting the narrative
- Columns & Opinion, On Transportation Apr 4, 2019
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Breakin’ the law
What should Chicago do about cyclists who don’t play by the rules?
- Arts & Culture, Art Feature Mar 13, 2019
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Chicago Torture Justice Memorials is pushing ahead to create a site of remembrance for Burge victims
Monthlong exhibition will feature designs for a future memorial organizers are committed to building despite a lack of city funding.
- News & Politics, News Mar 1, 2019
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SCOTUS civil asset forfeiture decision won’t end profit-driven policing
Illinois law still incentivizes cops to take people’s stuff
- Columns & Opinion, On Transportation Jan 28, 2019
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Is CPD using racial profiling to catch Divvy thieves?
Advocates say yes—and that they have the stats to prove it.
- News & Politics, Politics Jan 10, 2019
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The 20th Ward aldermanic race is rife with bad faith and good ideas
A Pritzker-backed machine operator, a rogue three-time candidate, a U of C darling, and lots of idealistic novices compete in a ward known for corruption.
- News & Politics, Politics Dec 13, 2018
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Overlooked mayoral hopefuls share bold visions for Chicago
They may have little name recognition and no campaign funds, but the regular people running for mayor are committed to making the city thrive.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 26, 2018
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Archive dive: how grassroots groups around Chicago put police abolitionist ideas into practice
Jessica Disu didn’t always consider herself a police abolitionist, but an appearance on Fox News in 2016 made her the face of the movement. In a Reader article that same year she said, “our police is not working—we need to replace it with something new.”