The People

The voices of everyday Chicagoans

PERSPECTIVE | Survivors of police torture are still in prison. Here’s how to help them get out.

The Revolutionary Column | I don’t need to see Adam Toledo’s murder video to know Chicago police be lying

OPINION | Student loan debt: America’s hidden racial equity crisis

COMMENTARY | You can’t “stop Asian hate” without first eradicating anti-Blackness in America

PERSPECTIVE | I haven’t seen my mom in months and it’s making me depressed

OPINION | Addressing health care disparities in the Black community during the COVID-19 pandemic

OPINION | COVID-19 is being weaponized in Illinois prisons

COMMENTARY | Acquittal and assassination are two sides of the same coin

LETTER | CPD and CPS have chosen to ignore our feedback on police in schools yet again

OPINION | If Gov. Pritzker believes in racial equity, he must sign the Illinois Crime Reform Bill to eliminate cash bail