An investigation by reporters from six newsrooms found that agents used chemical irritants nearly 50 times during Operation ...

Roberto is a 17-year-old resident of Cicero, Illinois, who is on track to graduate after this summer and will be the first in his family to earn a high school diploma. His mother describes Roberto, ...

Nearly 100 people attended the D201 school board meeting in October, including students, parents, and community members ...

Judith Landeros is 35 and has lived in Cicero for almost all of her life. Cicero’s rail yards, factories and warehouses — with names like Kropp Forge, Corey Steel and Koppers — have been around for so ...

Uncle Shawarma, a new family-run Arabic restaurant in Berwyn, Ill., shares with Cicero Independiente what shawarma means to them—family, culture, and the joy of bringing their tradition to the Berwyn ...

In this bilingual collaboration with ¿Qué pasa, Midwest?, we explore how the Latinx community in Cicero and Berwyn practice their first amendment right to free speech and whether this right is ...

This summer, after a century of history, fine steaks and community, the Klas Restaurant on Cermak was demolished, and I can’t help but feel that a piece of Cicero went down with it. With its ornate ...

Throughout Cicero more and more trees have been removed by the Public Works department leaving behind mulch, wood chips, dirt and in some cases leaving behind stumps for weeks. Cicero Independiente ...

Flood prone Hoboken, New Jersey, has opened a play area for its youngest residents that also doubles as storage for stormwater runoff. This story is part of a collaborative reporting project led by ...

Although the pandemic has altered everyday life and changed monumental highlights for youth such as attending prom or crossing the graduation stage, these students, now high school graduates, have ...

Original reporting took place in March 2025 and mentions have been updated as the publishing of this version from “Alderman-elect” to “Alderman” to reflect the swearing in of the now current Alderman ...