Aura Bogado is joining Injustice Watch as a senior reporter. Her work will explore the ways the courts impact immigrants in ...

This investigation was reported in collaboration with the Chicago Tribune. In a flurry of contracts inked a decade ago, some of Illinois’ most powerful political figures declared it was time to fix ...

Thousands of people come through Chicago’s immigration court every day to plead their cases before a judge who will decide whether they can stay or be deported. It’s an uphill battle for noncitizens ...

Editor’s note: This explainer was originally published in 2022. It has been updated to reflect changes to eviction proceedings in Cook County. For tenants in Cook County, eviction is a high-stakes but ...

As the coronavirus begins to spread inside the walls of the Cook County jail, officials have released at least 300 people so far this week, according to the Cook County Sheriff’s Office. But about 180 ...