Writing

Investigations

Missed Shots: A multipart investigation of ShotSpotter — South Side Weekly

NASCAR cost Chicago millions in road work and overtime — South Side Weekly

Chicago police pistol-whipped suspect in brutal 2017 arrest — Chicago Reader

New body-cam images show CPD attack on Miracle Boyd — Chicago Reader & South Side Weekly

Surveilling Dissent: Police used Chicago’s gun-violence prevention center to monitor protests — South Side Weekly

Internal CPD audits show half of officers have complaints — South Side Weekly

Public Safety

Finalists announced for public safety commission — South Side Weekly

Johnson stops ShotSpotter — South Side Weekly

Police brutality survivors and former cops are running for Chicago’s Police District Councils — Chicago Reader

Where gun stores open, gun homicides increase — Scientific American

In Chicago, controversy mounts over the use of gunshot detection sensors — The Trace

Politics

Mayor Brandon Johnson on his organizing roots and vision for Chicago — South Side Weekly

Landlords warn tenants: Don’t vote for Bring Chicago Home — South Side Weekly

‘Fox and Friends’ staged Naperville interview criticizing Mayor Brandon Johnson — The TRiiBE

ECPS coalition wins a wide majority of Chicago’s new Police District Council seats — The TRiiBE

Paul Vallas’s trail of school privatization — The TRiiBE & Slate

Organizing

Activists spar with ShotSpotter CEO at CCPSA meeting — South Side Weekly

Vigil for Gaza ends in direct action, arrests — South Side Weekly

CTU president Stacy Davis Gates on elected school board and more — South Side Weekly & In These Times

Fifty years of struggle: Frank Chapman on the movement for community control of police — Chicago Reader

The youth are on fire — Chicago Reader

What Happened July 17? A document of the conflict in Grant Park — South Side Weekly