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12/17/2025

We’re streamlining our pages to bring you a better experience! The Chicago Reporter will soon have one official Facebook and Instagram home — with all the stories, investigations, and community insights you love.

12/11/2025

Think your property taxes are too high? You're not alone—and the deadline to appeal is this week.

We put together a step-by-step guide to filing an appeal with the Cook County Board of Review. Whether you've never done this before or just want to double-check your process, this will walk you through it.

With one day remaining for Cook County residents to file a property tax appeal, we’ve created a guide to appeal for those who haven’t submitted their appeal yet – and for those who want to check it twice. This year, property taxes spiked across Chicago and the surrounding suburbs, hitting home...

11/28/2025

The Chicago Reporter has spent decades telling the stories that shape our city’s future.

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11/26/2025

We are just days away from Giving Tuesday on December 2nd!

When you give to The Chicago Reporter, you are investing in truth, community centered reporting, and the accountability Chicago deserves.

Your gift ensures that stories about housing, policing, education, public health, and racial equity reach the people who need them most.

Early gifts help us launch Giving Tuesday with strength.

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11/26/2025

Independent journalism is one of the strongest tools our communities have to ensure accountability and fairness.

Your support this Giving Season strengthens our ability to report boldly, ask the difficult questions, and shine light where it has been ignored!

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11/21/2025

The Season of Giving Truth begins today!

From now through January 3, we invite you to join a movement that fuels independent journalism across Chicago. Your support powers investigations that expose injustice, elevate community voices, and protect our future.

This Giving Season, stand with The Chicago Reporter. Together, we can make sure truth has what it needs to rise!

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11/07/2025

TCR reporter Sara Cooper writes about how sudden shifts in Illinois’ support systems are leaving families struggling to navigate life-altering changes—and the lasting impact those disruptions can have. [Read more: https://lnkd.in/gMw7CUU8]

11/05/2025

What you need to know about SNAP cuts and how to avoid losing benefits.

New SNAP work requirements in Illinois could leave hundreds of thousands without benefits, strain food pantries, and increase food insecurity, affecting families and children across local communities. “Food pantries brace for long lines.” “Catastrophic cuts to SNAP will cause unprecedented and...

10/23/2025

Meet Kenya Joyce Hatch, Development Associate, visionary nonprofit leader, strategist, and advocate for education equity and community transformation. She has recently served as the Director of Development and Strategic Planning at the MAAFA Redemption Project and Executive Director of the Beautiful Seed Foundation. A proud Chicago native, Kenya holds a BA in Education from Northern Illinois University, an MBA from Howard University, and is currently pursuing a Doctor of Ministry degree at Howard University School of Divinity. Her work is deeply rooted in faith, justice, and a commitment to building sustainable pathways for underrepresented communities to thrive.

10/09/2025

Meet Katie Schulder-Battis.
“I wanted to pursue journalism because it combines my love of writing, history, and photography with my desire to help people.”
Her story with The Chicago Reporter, “How Chicago’s Electronic Monitoring Program Fails Women and Domestic Violence Survivors,” co-published with The Appeal, reminded her why this work matters.

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09/30/2025

Every year, almost 2 million people in America receive a cancer diagnosis. Of these, approximately 1.4 million people survive thanks to the significant advancements made in cancer research over the past few decades. However, more than 600,000 people do not win this battle, and most of the time, defeat comes from limited knowledge on how to identify and fight rare and aggressive cancers. (Read more: https://www.chicagoreporter.com/protecting-veterans-from-mesothelioma-the-role-of-a-national-registry-in-public-health/)

Jonathan Sharp is a Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at the Environmental Litigation Group, P.C., where he oversees financial strategy, conducts case evaluations, and manages assets to support victims of toxic exposure. Passionate about justice, he works to ensure both military and civilian clients rec...

09/30/2025

Ten minutes – for some in a mental health crisis, that’s all the time it may take to decide to end their life. Caught in a state of tunnel-vision and unable to make rational decisions, su***de can seem like the only way to end the pain to an individual in distress.

Closing out Su***de Prevention Month with resources that can help someone in need. (Read more: https://www.chicagoreporter.com/talking-about-su***de-can-feel-impossible-in-and-around-chicago-support-spaces-are-opening-the-conversation/)

Ten minutes – for some in a mental health crisis, that’s all the time it may take to decide to end their life. Caught in a state of tunnel-vision and unable to make rational decisions, su***de can seem like the only way to end the pain to an individual in distress. These intense moments of […]