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March 14, 2025

New Chicago Prosecutor Empowers Police to File More Charges Without Review

 Shawn Mulcahy,
January 23, 2025

How Chicago’s Immigrant Rights Groups Plan to Hold the Line on Sanctuary Policies

 Pascal Sabino,
October 18, 2024

The 33 Prosecutor and Sheriff Elections that Matter to Criminal Justice in November

 Daniel Nichanian,
October 3, 2024

In Illinois, a Private Prison Company’s Long Trail of Deaths and High-Dollar Contracts

 Shawn Mulcahy,
August 21, 2024

Chicago Police Made Nearly 200,000 Secret Traffic Stops Last Year

 Pascal Sabino,
May 1, 2024

Illinois Ended Cash Bail. Now Reformers Want More Support for People on Pretrial Release. 

 Pascal Sabino,
April 15, 2024

Behind Dexter Reed’s Police Killing, a Surge in Traffic Stops on Chicago’s West Side

 Pascal Sabino,
March 30, 2024

O’Neill Burke Squeaks Out Win in Prosecutor Race, Breaking Chicago’s Progressive Streak

 Pascal Sabino,
March 1, 2024

As Kim Foxx Exits, Chicago Is Choosing the Next “Gatekeeper” of Its Bail Reform

 Pascal Sabino,
February 2, 2024

A Wave of States Reduce “Death by Incarceration” for Young Adults 

 Daniel Nichanian,
January 16, 2024

How Illinois Housing Banishment Laws Push People into Homelessness and Prison 

 Shawn Mulcahy,
December 4, 2023

“I’m Just Another Traffic Stop”

 Pascal Sabino,
September 13, 2023

Court Watchers Prepare For the End of Cash Bail in Illinois

 Bryce Covert,
July 21, 2023

On Policing, Brandon Johnson’s Progressive Promises Meet Their First Tests

 Max Blaisdell,
June 29, 2023

“Just an Opportunity to Come Home”

 Daniel Nichanian,
March 1, 2023

In Chicago’s Police Oversight Elections, Progressives Targeted by FOP Prevail

 Max Blaisdell,
February 23, 2023

Chicago Election Puts Police Oversight in Voters’ Hands

 Max Blaisdell,
February 16, 2023

In Chicago Mayor Race, Policing Dominates Over Violence Prevention Programs

 Zachary A. Siegel,
February 14, 2023

With Illinois Cash Bail Case, Courts May Wall Themselves Off from Reform

 Bryce Covert,
February 23, 2021

Illinois Delays End of Prison Gerrymandering By a Decade

 Daniel Nichanian,
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September 9, 2020

Why a Suburban Illinois Prosecutor Candidate Is Drawing Inspiration From Protests

 Daniel Nichanian,
March 17, 2020

Kim Foxx Defeats Three Challengers in Re-Election Bid as Chicago’s Chief Prosecutor

 Mari Cohen,
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March 12, 2020

Courts Set Policy and an Illinois Candidate Wants to Finally Talk About It

 Kyle C. Barry,
December 12, 2019

As Illinois Votes for Its Prosecutors, Defense Attorneys Say to Not “Just Go with the Flow”

 Daniel Nichanian,
September 5, 2019

Illinois Bans ICE Program. But This Reform Is Not Yet Taking Off Elsewhere.

 Daniel Nichanian,
June 6, 2019

Legalized Pot, Reduced Sentences: Three States Reform Their Drug Laws

 Daniel Nichanian,
April 25, 2019

Advocates Press States to Recognize that Young Adults Can Change Too

 Daniel Nichanian,
February 7, 2019

Prosecutors Announce New Marijuana Policy in Illinois, Maryland, and Missouri

 Daniel Nichanian,
January 25, 2019

Advocates Make Case for How Marijuana Legalization Should Tackle Equity

 Daniel Nichanian,
March 13, 2024

Your Guide to Twenty Elections to Watch on March 19

 Daniel Nichanian,
April 4, 2023

The 15 Elections to Watch on April 4

 Daniel Nichanian,