We spoke with the head of Cook County’s alternative court system to find out more about how they divert people from jail and decrease incarceration rates.

State and municipal employees are threatening a strike in response to Gov. Bruce Rauner’s refusal to negotiate their new contract.

On February 12, Hartzell’s Church and Society Ministry partnered with the community organizing group, The Black Star Project, to help community members identify the problems of and solutions to racism.