The DHS says that an incident between an Evanston man and immigration agents stemmed from the man refusing to identify himself.

At least 85 people died while detained in Cook County Jail between 2019 and 2025. That’s more than a third of all jail-related deaths statewide during that time.

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A war almost began, not because a machine wanted something or “went rogue,” but because a machine was wrong, and human beings believed it.

“We start to judge our human interactions by what the chatbot can deliver,” says author Sherry Turkle.

Illinois county jails report thousands of “extraordinary or unusual” incidents every year, but the state doesn’t keep track. So we stepped in to shed light on what’s happening inside.

An Illinois Answers Project analysis revealed that 63 people who died in jails were missing from state data on in-custody fatalities. Now the state is auditing its records.

Creating spaces of reflection, belonging, and collective care

“These are tools to extract from who we are to erase us,” says organizer Krystal Two Bulls.

“This is a time to build on organizing on the ground and sustain it over time,” says Silky Shah

The plans include arresting migrants in Ohio and quickly putting them on deportation flights to crisis-stricken Haiti, the internal documents indicate.

“A lot of people are really sitting up and pushing back,” says Brian Merchant.

The fatal shooting in Biddeford, Maine, was the second in a week involving an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent firing into a vehicle.

Politicians across the political spectrum blasted the decision to clear American star Folarin Balogun to play Monday.

“You can do something. It is within reach. You can have an effect,” says journalist John Washington.

The uprising at Delaney Hall in Newark, New Jersey, has become a focal point for broader resistance to ICE.

Though the federal agents often wore masks concealing their identities, Block Club Chicago identified 271 of them. Many were trained specifically for crowd control, yet reported using force more than ...

“Preparedness isn’t just about having stuff,” says Kelly Hayes.

From California to Illinois to Oregon, flourishing anarchist libraries are spreading knowledge and building community.

In 1999, a farmer gave away 87 acres of land to a small Texas city to use as a park. The city sold to a data center developer for $10 million.

“You can do something. It is within reach. You can have an effect,” says journalist John Washington.

The causes and solutions to gun violence are difficult to quantify—or control. One thing is clear: gun violence is highest in Chicago’s poorest neighborhoods.

Chicago launched ambitious plans to keep residents from getting displaced, but some projects never happened, while others sputtered.

“What if changing the world looked more like care than like war,” asks writer Rebecca Solnit.