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Nikole Hannah Jones has written an insightful and vulnerable reflection, but what are we to take from it?

Advocates said it’s time to recognize the value of second chances, and for parole, or “earned reentry,” to be reinstated. That would allow people to be released before the completion of their sentence...

Advocates on Tuesday demanded the Cook County State's Attorney's Office drop murder charges against a woman who they say was defending herself from an abusive boyfriend.

CHICAGO — City leaders gathered in Washington Park on Wednesday morning for a groundbreaking on the nation’s first permanent monument honoring survivors of police torture. The new monument recogniz…

ALT: a woman in a clown costume is standing in front of a clown and balloons .

Alt: Charlie Wilson, singing in a pair of sunglasses and a colorful jacket and standing in front of an airplane.

ALT: a group of men are sitting around a table with a pitcher of water on it

ALT: a close up of a woman 's face with a purple shirt on .