Illiteracy rates are high in Chicago, and Open Books is working to fill the void.

When federal agents began cracking down on undocumented immigrants in the Chicago area, Gabe Gonzalez launched a rapid-response network of neighbors to block them.

At the grass roots, some journalists are trying to answer fake news with the real thing, but they need help.

A Chicago journalist turned teacher talks about the struggle to teach young people about their government — and why she's hopeful.

Residents fear that a new redevelopment initiative will usher in another wave of displacement.

Rahm Emanuel tried to cast his opponents as corrupt, but it's clear to Chicagoans that he's the one looking out for himself.

Watch more from Bill's conversation with John R. MacArthur, publisher of Harper's Magazine, including reaction to an obscure -- yet critical -- provision attached to the $1.1 trillion dollar spending bill.

The Atlantic senior editor talks about black vs. white neighborhoods, the messages we send black kids and the elementary school experience that changed him.

Watch two short docs from The Atlantic about African-Americans who fought back against housing discrimination in Chicago in the 1960s.

Bill speaks with Ta-Nehisi Coates, a senior editor for The Atlantic about his cover story on why America needs to reconcile with its racist past.