Amy Qin

The Department of Homeland Security claims its agents’ actions led to a “historic drop” in crime, but a WBEZ analysis contradicts that claim.

In 2024, Chicago's immigrant population climbed to nearly 600,000, its highest level since 2006, according to a WBEZ analysis of census data released this month.

Who's your landlord? For many Chicago renters, their landlord is a faceless entity called an LLC, a limited liability company. That anonymity makes it tough to hold problem landlords accountable.

Lead water service lines are all over the city, but majority Black and Latino neighborhoods bear the biggest burden, our analysis finds.

Since 2020, the Asian population in metro Chicago has grown by an estimated 11.6%, more than double the rate of growth for the next highest group.

Chicago posted its lowest voter turnout for a presidential election in nearly three decades as tens of thousands of Democrats stayed home.

Nearly 80% of Chicagoans who submitted a ballot in the general election participated in the city’s first-ever school board elections.

Residents shared negative experiences with traffic stops for minor infractions, while experts shared reforms enacted in other jurisdictions.

Community advocates say traffic stops don’t improve public safety and further harm communities that feel targeted by the police.

The highest complaints came from some Northwest and West side communities like Belmont Cragin, Dunning, Portage Park, Austin and Hermosa.