https://www.raceandequityproject.org/about-mentor daily 0.75 2024-01-05 https://www.raceandequityproject.org/article daily 0.75 2026-03-20 https://www.raceandequityproject.org/article/steps-illinois-lawmakers-could-take-to-reform-the-states-tax-sale-laws monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6370701bc8e94f172b473126/44430f11-62cb-4b4d-8109-4fa5dbf474ab/SPRINGFIELD-05.jpg Latest News - Steps Illinois lawmakers could take to reform the state’s tax sale laws - Make it stand out Illinois is the last state in the nation to adopt reforms aimed at giving homeowners their fair share of tax sale proceeds. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6370701bc8e94f172b473126/b4a706f8-1772-4558-a3bb-f9412f1d3119/villanueva.jpg Latest News - Steps Illinois lawmakers could take to reform the state’s tax sale laws - Make it stand out In this year’s legislative session, state Sen. Celina Villanueva, D-Chicago, is pushing for a tax sale law reform. | John O'Connor / AP https://www.raceandequityproject.org/article/tax-buyer-greg-bingham-accused-defrauding-cook-county monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6370701bc8e94f172b473126/60463d85-9235-4bd1-a51c-904145ad9638/Bingham_Main.jpg Latest News - The King of Liens - Make it stand out Illustration by Verónica Martinez / Injustice Watch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6370701bc8e94f172b473126/a7c37645-0094-42b7-b96c-cbe005ef77f5/20260203_BinghamProperties_TG_041.jpg Latest News - The King of Liens - Make it stand out Greg Bingham operates his empire of tax foreclosed homes — and many of his limited liability companies — out of an office in this strip mall in suburban Northlake, sandwiched between an old piano store and a dental clinic. | Taylor Glascock for Injustice Watch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6370701bc8e94f172b473126/f65aac67-14c2-4c77-9332-32cc3cd0f3cb/Lighty.JPG Latest News - The King of Liens - Make it stand out Todd Lighty, former deputy director of research at the Cook County Treasurer’s Office, led an inquiry into Bingham. In memos to state and federal law enforcement, he alleged Bingham had engaged in widespread fraud. Bingham has not been charged with a crime. | Illustration by Verónica Martinez/Injustice Watch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6370701bc8e94f172b473126/f0eeb304-bd7b-4b42-9301-b93e20c9d300/calumet+city+notice+cropped.png Latest News - The King of Liens - Make it stand out According to court and police records, Bingham dispatched environmental inspectors to gain entry to a strip mall armed with this fake, typo-ridden notice purporting to be from Calumet City officials. | Cook County Circuit Court records https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6370701bc8e94f172b473126/8e15a8d0-bc40-4264-ac4e-6eaacbd62b05/Bingham_PB+Graphic.jpg Latest News - The King of Liens - Make it stand out Bingham’s companies submitted recycled photos purporting to show the interior of different properties that had been destroyed after they were acquired through the annual tax auction, court records show. A Treasurer’s Office probe confirmed by Injustice Watch found that this strategy allowed Bingham’s companies to obtain government refunds on the properties. | Illustration by Verónica Martinez / Injustice Watch; photos from court records https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6370701bc8e94f172b473126/7dae0cb8-e0c1-4055-95a1-761746b8a445/Mailer-wide.png Latest News - The King of Liens - Make it stand out Two sides of a 2003 mailer from URB Inc., a real estate rehab joint venture between Bingham and a former business partner, filed as part of a consumer fraud complaint against the company. | Illinois Attorney General’s Office https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6370701bc8e94f172b473126/3479741f-64a6-4ec9-8d54-a91002853109/20260203_BinghamProperties_TG_023.jpg Latest News - The King of Liens - Make it stand out In 2010, Bingham evicted a seasoned contractor and Baptist preacher named Maurice Johnson from this home (right) in West Englewood. Johnson, who had purchased the home to rehab and flip it, was unable to find a new third-party buyer or come up with the money he owed, court records show. | Taylor Glascock for Injustice Watch https://www.raceandequityproject.org/article/cook-county-tax-foreclosures-ford-heights-charles-griffin-homes monthly 0.5 2026-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6370701bc8e94f172b473126/4bda7ea3-f2ab-4898-a865-dfcaf7de8f3f/20251212_Foreclosures_TG_108.jpg Latest News - Cook County allows tax foreclosures by municipalities. Poor oversight led to misuse by local officials. - Make it stand out Zella Croff, 73, lost her house in south suburban Markham to tax foreclosure in 2023. | Taylor Glascock for the Investigative Project https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6370701bc8e94f172b473126/ee93f32b-3e75-42f4-b692-1462c3dcb11c/Griffin.jpg Latest News - Cook County allows tax foreclosures by municipalities. Poor oversight led to misuse by local officials. - Make it stand out Charles Griffin, former mayor of Ford Heights / Chicago Sun-Times https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6370701bc8e94f172b473126/bfb5cb32-7bcb-4ae2-918f-ac48b99af23c/20251212_Foreclosures_TG_302.jpg Latest News - Cook County allows tax foreclosures by municipalities. Poor oversight led to misuse by local officials. - Make it stand out The village of Ford Heights gave away this house at 1408 E. 15th St. after seizing it through tax foreclosure in 2016. | Taylor Glascock for the Investigative Project https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6370701bc8e94f172b473126/5f40dfa8-51e8-4346-bd1a-4c26ce646aec/20251212_Foreclosures_TG_289.jpg Latest News - Cook County allows tax foreclosures by municipalities. Poor oversight led to misuse by local officials. - Make it stand out Ford Heights’ current mayor, Freddie Wilson, was one of 21 residents who received a village-owned house for free during Charles Griffin’s terms as mayor. | Taylor Glascock for the Investigative Project https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6370701bc8e94f172b473126/e6a0fc54-671f-4a68-b859-4727fb782c7c/20251212_Foreclosures_TG_306.jpg Latest News - Cook County allows tax foreclosures by municipalities. Poor oversight led to misuse by local officials. - Make it stand out A family member of Griffin’s has owned this house at 1412 E. 15th St. since receiving a deed just days before Griffin finished his first term in office in 2017. | Taylor Glascock for the Investigative Project https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6370701bc8e94f172b473126/abae79fa-f92a-49af-81e7-8334b8f5b261/20251212_Foreclosures_TG_207.jpg Latest News - Cook County allows tax foreclosures by municipalities. Poor oversight led to misuse by local officials. - Make it stand out Zella Croff questions why Markham officials seized her house, only to keep it unoccupied and unprotected. | Taylor Glascock for the Investigative Project https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6370701bc8e94f172b473126/0e9e28b0-bd43-4163-9e84-f4ca0020f3de/Untitled+design.jpg Latest News - Cook County allows tax foreclosures by municipalities. Poor oversight led to misuse by local officials. - Make it stand out The city of Markham seized the split-level house on Spaulding Avenue in 2023. Since then, the city has cited itself for poorly maintaining the property. | Taylor Glascock for the Investigative Project https://www.raceandequityproject.org/article/feds-used-chemical-agents-dozens-times-chicago monthly 0.5 2026-01-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6370701bc8e94f172b473126/acf06895-0ef4-4dd2-b48f-af502bc09ae7/TearGas1.jpg Latest News - Feds used chemical agents dozens of times in Chicago - Make it stand out Scenes from a clash at 105th and Avenue N on Chicago's East Side between federal agents and residents on Oct. 14. | Matthew Kaplan for Block Club Chicago https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6370701bc8e94f172b473126/136c4421-9353-4948-aa90-ef2644af63b7/TearGas2.jpg Latest News - Feds used chemical agents dozens of times in Chicago - Make it stand out Federal agents use nonlethal weapons including tear gas against protesters in Brighton Park on Saturday, Oct. 4. | Daniel Delgado https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6370701bc8e94f172b473126/990c63c9-8f54-41e7-ae9e-8496a41352cc/TearGas3.jpg Latest News - Feds used chemical agents dozens of times in Chicago - Make it stand out Agents deploy smoke bombs at 105th and Avenue N on Chicago's East Side during a tense standoff with residents. | Matthew Kaplan for Block Club Chicago https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6370701bc8e94f172b473126/46fe13a6-cee9-40c4-902c-2a12e6fe4180/TearGas4.jpg Latest News - Feds used chemical agents dozens of times in Chicago - Make it stand out A federal agent holds up what appears to be a canister of chemical agent as federal agents detained a construction worker in the 3300 block of North Lakewood Avenue in Lakeview, and then threw chemical agents at responding neighbors on Oct. 24. | Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6370701bc8e94f172b473126/09407f45-2bea-41bb-b550-6f57ecc3cad0/TearGas5.jpg Latest News - Feds used chemical agents dozens of times in Chicago - Make it stand out Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino stands at the front as dozens of neighbors confront federal agents in Cicero just outside Little Village as the agents conduct immigration raids in the area on Oct. 22. | Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6370701bc8e94f172b473126/09855e78-f643-4825-a356-1290937f37c6/TearGas7.jpg Latest News - Feds used chemical agents dozens of times in Chicago - Make it stand out Agents deploy tear gas and smoke grenades during a clash between federal agents and residents at 105th and Avenue N on Chicago's East Side on Oct. 14. | Matthew Kaplan for Block Club Chicago https://www.raceandequityproject.org/article/property-tax-foreclosure-reform-gets-put-off-by-illinois-legislators monthly 0.5 2026-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6370701bc8e94f172b473126/63ed1504-c5c5-443c-8828-e3019b163d57/WATCHHOMES-051625-01.JPG Latest News - Property-tax foreclosure reform gets put off by Illinois legislators - Make it stand out Velma Lewis who is from Maywood, is one of hundreds of Black homeowners in Cook County that lose homes and/or equity each year to white investors in tax foreclosure under segregation-era law. | Brian Ernst/Sun-Times https://www.raceandequityproject.org/article/illinois-campus-police-pull-over-outsized-number-of-black-drivers monthly 0.5 2026-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6370701bc8e94f172b473126/1745938505592-PNNN0MOBABIL1NP9ZBJN/Michael_02.jpg Latest News - Illinois public college police pull over outsized number of Black drivers - Make it stand out Michael Burton sits for a portrait on the campus of Southern Illinois University where he is a student in the honors program, Monday, April 28, 2025 in Carbondale, Illinois. Burton was pulled over by campus police and had his car towed and impounded. (Julia Rendleman for the Investigative Project on Race and Equity) https://www.raceandequityproject.org/article/illinois-is-the-last-state-to-unlawfully-strip-wealth-from-homeowners-caught-in-tax-foreclosure monthly 0.5 2026-03-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6370701bc8e94f172b473126/a9dc48f3-05b6-474e-9ad1-1e5518e14a02/IMG_4703.jpg Latest News - Illinois is the last state to unlawfully strip wealth from homeowners caught in tax foreclosure - Make it stand out Illustration by Verónica Martinez https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6370701bc8e94f172b473126/fa8680e2-f72f-43f6-9565-f1ca55835c07/WATCHHOMES-051625-02.webp Latest News - Illinois is the last state to unlawfully strip wealth from homeowners caught in tax foreclosure - Make it stand out Velma Lewis stands outside her rental apartment in Lombard, Illinois. Lewis, who is from Maywood, is one of hundreds of Black homeowners in Cook County that lose homes and/or equity each year to private investors in tax foreclosure under a segregation-era law. | Brian Ernst/Sun-Times https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6370701bc8e94f172b473126/f8e71fe7-5b18-4ffb-a683-3decfc146e3c/J.B._Pritzker_press_conference_210226-Z-AZ071-3003.jpg Latest News - Illinois is the last state to unlawfully strip wealth from homeowners caught in tax foreclosure - Make it stand out Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker | Staff Sgt. Aaron Rodriguez / U.S. National Guard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6370701bc8e94f172b473126/bb85cc0a-5a22-414c-b872-1881d6b223a8/WARD-LILLIAN-K.-TAX-DELINQUENT-PROPERTY-0003A.3725-scaled.webp Latest News - Illinois is the last state to unlawfully strip wealth from homeowners caught in tax foreclosure - Make it stand out Lillian Ware was involved in a high-profile property tax foreclosure case in the early 1970s. The Evanston resident lost her bungalow to investor Allan Blair over a tax bill of around $40. | Chicago Sun-Times file https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6370701bc8e94f172b473126/7d6b2b4d-c3b1-45ff-bb8d-0e023221a1b1/Grid-2+%282%29.webp Latest News - Illinois is the last state to unlawfully strip wealth from homeowners caught in tax foreclosure - Make it stand out Here are a few homes owned by seniors lost to property tax foreclosure in the last six years. Most of the images show the homes in the year before they were lost. | Google Maps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6370701bc8e94f172b473126/1cd6af38-235d-4cb4-8037-cb8be2d08c59/Diptych-home-scaled+%281%29.png Latest News - Illinois is the last state to unlawfully strip wealth from homeowners caught in tax foreclosure - Make it stand out Velma Lewis took out a 30-year mortgage to buy back her home after losing it to tax foreclosure. | Abel Uribe for Injustice Watch https://www.raceandequityproject.org/article/chicago-police-traffic-stops-have-left-230-people-injured-and-hospitalized-in-recent-years monthly 0.5 2026-02-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6370701bc8e94f172b473126/49de9088-eb89-48cb-8daa-3e3d1e885ef0/cpd-rogers-park.webp Latest News - Chicago police traffic stops have left 230 people injured and hospitalized in recent years - Make it stand out A Chicago police officer from the Rogers Park District gives a ticket to a driver with expired license plates during a traffic stop on North Western Avenue near West Pratt Boulevard in Rogers Park on the North Side on Tuesday. | Ashlee Rezin / Sun-Times https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6370701bc8e94f172b473126/a90d9e9c-240b-4388-bbb9-3f0ca38a3f94/officer.png Latest News - Chicago police traffic stops have left 230 people injured and hospitalized in recent years - Make it stand out Slain Chicago police Officer Ella French | Chicago Police Department https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6370701bc8e94f172b473126/4aa2b4e8-313b-47e1-ac97-e868ae566fd8/Lee-Scott-Friedman.png Latest News - Chicago police traffic stops have left 230 people injured and hospitalized in recent years - Make it stand out University of Illinois at Chicago professor Lee Scott Friedman. | Joshua Clark/University of Illinois https://www.raceandequityproject.org/article/chicago-cops-have-been-making-fewer-traffic-stops-but-more-are-ending-in-violence monthly 0.5 2026-03-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6370701bc8e94f172b473126/2dddf984-7fd4-4f0d-a135-20edd1628137/Screenshot+2025-04-17+at+6.32.11%E2%80%AFPM.png Latest News - Chicago cops have been making fewer traffic stops, but more are ending in violence - Make it stand out Tactical officers from the Chicago Police Department’s Harrison District surround Dexter Reed’s SUV before he was fatally wounded in a shootout with the police on March 21, 2024. | Civilian Office of Police Accountability https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6370701bc8e94f172b473126/6bf970cb-eb36-46be-8073-44521cfd6e63/download+%284%29.webp Latest News - Chicago cops have been making fewer traffic stops, but more are ending in violence - Make it stand out Before Dexter Reed (left) was killed in a shootout with police during a traffic stop, he was a star basketball player at Westinghouse College Prep in Humboldt Park. | Worsom Robinson / Sun-Times https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6370701bc8e94f172b473126/795e020c-2955-40e5-bbb0-e9e49a0bcaba/download+%285%29.webp Latest News - Chicago cops have been making fewer traffic stops, but more are ending in violence - Make it stand out Eric Wilkins, a plaintiff in a lawsuit filed by the ACLU of Illinois against the Chicago Police Department. | Pat Nabong / Sun-Times https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6370701bc8e94f172b473126/716a63fb-3a84-4747-ac98-991b0871bee6/download+%286%29.webp Latest News - Chicago cops have been making fewer traffic stops, but more are ending in violence - Make it stand out Officer Fernando Ruiz is seen aiming his gun at Raymond Comer during a shooting Aug. 12, 2022. Ruiz faces dismissal from the Chicago Police Department for the fatal shooting of another man, Reginald Clay, during a foot pursuit eight months later. | Cook County court records https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6370701bc8e94f172b473126/38434594-f055-45b4-ae6c-a3e50b6b2014/download+%287%29.webp Latest News - Chicago cops have been making fewer traffic stops, but more are ending in violence - Make it stand out A memorial pin honoring slain Officer Ella French. | Ashlee Rezin / Sun-Times https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6370701bc8e94f172b473126/c33575db-22ff-4454-99f2-7a2da47fe4db/download+%288%29.webp Latest News - Chicago cops have been making fewer traffic stops, but more are ending in violence - Make it stand out Dexter Reed’s mother Nicole Banks at a news conference on April 24, 2024, to announce a lawsuit against the city of Chicago and five officers over the fatal shooting of her son by police. | Pat Nabong / Sun-Times https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6370701bc8e94f172b473126/5099df1e-ec05-4f3d-a2e3-7661ca55ec26/download+%289%29.webp Latest News - Chicago cops have been making fewer traffic stops, but more are ending in violence - Make it stand out Alexandra Block, an attorney for the ACLU of Illinois. | Zubaer Khan / Sun-Times https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6370701bc8e94f172b473126/d3f863bc-4255-403e-8974-76bd6dc2147e/download+%2810%29.webp Latest News - Chicago cops have been making fewer traffic stops, but more are ending in violence - Make it stand out Jasmine Smith, an activist with the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression: “Our lives don’t matter. Our rights don’t matte. That’s the message that’s been out.” | Pat Nabong / Sun-Times https://www.raceandequityproject.org/article/sensitive-migrant-data-mishandled-former-chicago-shelter-contractors-allege monthly 0.5 2024-12-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6370701bc8e94f172b473126/1732215552952-WVBAXN63J1AZA8Y9Y12W/shelter.jpg Latest News - Sensitive migrant data mishandled, former Chicago shelter contractors allege - Make it stand out People hang out in front of what was Chicago’s largest migrant shelter in Pilsen on Feb. 23, 2024. The city closed this shelter in September. Mauricio Peña/Borderless Magazine https://www.raceandequityproject.org/article/leaving-venezuela-the-only-option-for-us-was-the-united-states monthly 0.5 2024-12-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6370701bc8e94f172b473126/1731972223090-XZ0J9EM31TG4M6B5JKVM/2024_10_28_Migrant+Portraits_IPRE_Lead_.jpg Latest News - Leaving Venezuela: ‘The only option for us was the United States’ - Make it stand out Photo illustration by Max Herman/Borderless Magazine. Photos by Max Herman/Borderless Magazine and Efrain Soriano for Borderless Magazine. Map from Canva. https://www.raceandequityproject.org/article/city-contractor-failed-clients-as-migrant-shelter-complaints-mounted-staffers-say monthly 0.5 2024-12-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6370701bc8e94f172b473126/368a320e-454f-4574-8ed9-a51eb4759454/2024_10_28_IPRE+Favorite+Staffing_Web_01.jpg Latest News - City contractor ‘failed’ clients as migrant shelter complaints mounted, staffers say - Make it stand out Reina Jerez Garcia, pictured on the far South Side with her husband, German Median, and sons, Victor Garcia, William Garcia and Yefferson Garcia, lived in a shelter on Chicago’s far North Side run by Favorite Healthcare Staffing. Garcia said she received unacceptably small food portions and limited drinking water when she lived at the shelter. Efrain Soriano for Borderless Magazine. https://www.raceandequityproject.org/article/expert-says-excessive-traffic-stops-and-videos-of-police-killings-can-cause-trauma-for-some monthly 0.5 2026-01-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6370701bc8e94f172b473126/1714159837109-F88HE0WS8D3O8YYOXCZD/c3d252b1-191e-4d14-a75c-9f6235b67ec9.jpg Latest News - Expert says excessive traffic stops and videos of police killings can cause trauma for some - Make it stand out On April 17, 2024, Bruce Davis stands in front of his garage in the Humboldt Park neighborhood on Chicago's West Side, near the location where police shot and killed Dexter Reed. A home camera on Davis’ front window captured video of the altercation and the discharging of nearly 96 shots on March 21, 2024. Credit: Manuel Martinez / WBEZ https://www.raceandequityproject.org/article/even-wealthy-black-seniors-struggle-to-get-home-loans-in-chicago monthly 0.5 2024-04-26 https://www.raceandequityproject.org/article/black-seniors-in-chicago-face-5050-odds-in-getting-loans-to-make-home-improvements monthly 0.5 2024-11-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6370701bc8e94f172b473126/1713837901438-YIMT68A6Z667IL33UKWB/walkers.porch.png Latest News - Black seniors in Chicago face 50/50 odds of getting home loans to make improvements - Make it stand out Thomas and Beverly J. Walker enjoying the front porch at their Austin home. 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Her work has prompted legislative reform on voting rights in Georgia; exposed a series of racially-biased policing practices that informed Department of Justice oversight of Chicago’s police department; spurred juvenile justice reforms in Illinois’ legislature and Cook County’s courts; and touched off the indictments and firings of public officials. She got her start as an intern for The Chicago Reporter and subsequently worked at American Public Media, the Chicago Tribune and Daily Southtown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6370701bc8e94f172b473126/62ccadf4-8375-4f65-89af-9d251c2557af/Screenshot+2025-11-03+at+10.34.06%E2%80%AFAM.png Our Staff - Rui Kaneya Investigations Editor Rui Kaneya was a senior editor at ProPublica, where he helped oversee projects for the Local Reporting Network. Prior to ProPublica, he served as a senior reporter at the Center for Public Integrity. 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Read more https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6370701bc8e94f172b473126/f11bbcc5-9f27-4410-94a0-f40521f22fb4/platinum-2026.png Donate The Candid Platinum Seal of Transparency is the highest recognition offered by Candid, a leading nonprofit information resource, signaling a nonprofit's exceptional commitment to public accountability and impact. https://www.raceandequityproject.org/draftinvestigations daily 0.75 2025-10-09 https://www.raceandequityproject.org/training daily 0.75 2026-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6370701bc8e94f172b473126/1727300215293-EFZ2VE3KUC4IHP05D8SW/IMG_8775+copy.jpg Training Hub - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6370701bc8e94f172b473126/5ba1dcb9-a869-4bcb-ab29-ae0e5d81cf88/2026+FOIA+Fest+Boot+Camp+website+ad.png Training Hub - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.raceandequityproject.org/foia-fest-bootcamp-2025 daily 0.75 2026-01-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6370701bc8e94f172b473126/cea971c4-9a20-4767-8264-7585705fa7fc/Audrey+Azzo+Headshot+.jpg 2025 FOIA Fest Bootcamp Cohort - Audrey Azzo Audrey Azzo is the program coordinator for Press Forward Chicago’s Peer Learning Community, an initiative in partnership with Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications. Through her research and coaching, Audrey works with multiple organizations invested in advancing the Chicago local news ecosystem. She is also a research assistant at Northwestern’s MENA Language Department. An alum of the American University of Beirut and Medill, she pursues data-driven approaches to report on unjust systemic practices and human rights abuses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6370701bc8e94f172b473126/1de427fc-9e55-41a7-bd2e-66dbd3951993/Nicole+headshot.jpg 2025 FOIA Fest Bootcamp Cohort - Nicole Jeanine Johnson Nicole Jeanine Johnson is an investigative journalist and storyteller from Englewood, a neighborhood on Chicago's South Side. She is currently working for the Investigative Project on Race and Equity as a reporting extern through Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications where she studies as a graduate student. As a freelance journalist, Johnson has reported for outlets including the Chicago Defender, City Bureau and Harvey World Herald, specializing in uncovering how seemingly separate issues — from political corruption to childcare funding — are connected through broader patterns of disinvestment and systemic racism, and amplifying the voices of those working to create change. Johnson earned a Master of Education from the University of Pennsylvania, a Master of Arts in Teaching from National Louis University, and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Michigan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6370701bc8e94f172b473126/d7702ca7-2196-4a7c-9068-92880034e852/Kacie+Faith+Kress+Headshot.png 2025 FOIA Fest Bootcamp Cohort - Kacie Faith Kress Kacie Faith Kress holds a master’s degree in journalism from Northwestern University’s Medill School, specializing in social justice and solutions journalism. She is a freelance investigative and political reporter with bylines in nonprofit newsrooms across the nation, covering everything from carceral injustice to queer culture in Appalachia. Born and raised in East Tennessee, she currently lives in Chicago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6370701bc8e94f172b473126/f3508019-b527-4b5c-bc3b-d765ee10866c/Mariah+Rush+Headshot.png 2025 FOIA Fest Bootcamp Cohort - Mariah Rush Mariah Rush is a third-year Report for America corps member covering the South and West sides for the Chicago Sun-Times. She specializes in reporting on food access, business and healthcare equity. Mariah previously reported for the Miami Herald, Chicago Tribune, Philadelphia Inquirer and the South Bend Tribune. She worked in audience engagement at the Tampa Bay Times, and is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6370701bc8e94f172b473126/83d3136a-de76-4818-a2bc-af258f4301dc/NaBeela+Washington+Headshot.png 2025 FOIA Fest Bootcamp Cohort - NaBeela Washington A Black journalist, poet, organizer and connoisseur of croissants, NaBeela Washington writes about what’s possible. She holds a master's degree in creative writing and English from Southern New Hampshire University and is the proud mama of arts publisher Lucky Jefferson. She’s working on research revealing gaps in news access and how incarceration psychologically impacts civic engagement, and she's also writing a children's book. Check out her words in Eater, The TRiiBE, Chicago Reader and others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6370701bc8e94f172b473126/4883dcf6-5350-4867-b0e0-9c342d9877d0/Sarah+Karp+Headshot.jpg 2025 FOIA Fest Bootcamp Cohort - Sarah Karp Sarah Karp is a reporter at WBEZ. A former reporter for Catalyst Chicago, The Chicago Reporter and the Daily Southtown, Karp has covered education, and children and family issues for more than 20 years. She is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism. She is a native of Chicago. PHOTO Sarah Karp Headshot https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6370701bc8e94f172b473126/cbf252cc-9902-4232-9a81-e9443486b14f/Grace+Hauck+Headshot.JPG 2025 FOIA Fest Bootcamp Cohort - Grace Hauck Grace Hauck is an investigative reporter with Illinois Answers Project’s State Investigations Team. She most recently investigated the overuse and abuse of restraint chairs in Illinois county jails. She previously worked for USA TODAY in Chicago in various roles, including breaking news, enterprise, and criminal justice reporting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6370701bc8e94f172b473126/83a6fa5b-59ce-4c4f-ac0c-e7e804314c89/Lakeidra+Chavis+Headshot.jpg 2025 FOIA Fest Bootcamp Cohort - Lakeidra Chavis Lakeidra Chavis is a staff writer for The Marshall Project. She has written extensively on gun violence and gun enforcement in Chicago, as well as Black suicides, gang structures and the opioid crisis. Her work currently focuses on juvenile justice. She previously reported at ProPublica Illinois and for NPR stations in Chicago and Alaska. Lakeidra was a 2021 Livingston Award finalist. She lives in Chicago, Illinois. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6370701bc8e94f172b473126/ef63d1d4-6c4f-4d59-b88c-d78bc37ea68c/Kristen+Schorsch+Headshot.webp 2025 FOIA Fest Bootcamp Cohort - Kristen Schorsch Kristen Schorsch is a reporter on WBEZ Chicago’s government and politics team, where she specializes in public health and Cook County government. She's part of a national collaboration led by NPR and KFF Health News. A journalist for more than 20 years, she’s covered health care, government, crime, courts, higher education and news of the weird (think coffin parties) for Crain’s Chicago Business, the Chicago Tribune, the Daily Southtown and the Iowa City Press-Citizen. Kristen has won more than a dozen local and national awards for her work. Her stories have sparked policy changes and spurred investigations. One of her investigations was featured in two books about inequality in Chicago. She was a 2021 national fellow with the Association of Health Care Journalists. 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She has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Illinois. https://www.raceandequityproject.org/traffic-stops daily 0.75 2026-01-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6370701bc8e94f172b473126/892482e4-56cc-4936-9300-ea5c1caf4455/wbez-traffic-stop-graphic-crop.png Profiled: The State of Traffic Stops in Illinois - Make it stand out Illustration courtesy of WBEZ Chicago https://www.raceandequityproject.org/taken-by-taxes daily 0.75 2026-01-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6370701bc8e94f172b473126/d521069a-32d3-426c-a0ec-3e5aee8841c7/tax-foreclosure-illustration-crop.png Taken By Taxes - Make it stand out Illustration by Verónica Martinez / Injustice Watch https://www.raceandequityproject.org/foia-fest-bootcamp-2026 daily 0.75 2026-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6370701bc8e94f172b473126/4ae07bc5-886a-4c9e-a4b0-10487b3882a9/Jose-Abonce+%281%29.jpg 2026 FOIA Fest Boot Camp Cohort - Jose Abonce Jose Abonce is an independent immigration reporter and investigative journalist. He currently holds an apprenticeship at the Investigative Project on Race and Equity. As a freelance writer, his work regularly appears in South Side Weekly, recently sharing the 2025 Sarah Brown Boyden Award in the Immigration Reporting category. Jose seeks to reveal facts through authentic storytelling that preserves memories and creates emotional engagement without sacrificing the truth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6370701bc8e94f172b473126/b56fe485-dde2-41dd-8b44-0bafd8461715/Sara+Cooper+Headshot.png 2026 FOIA Fest Boot Camp Cohort - Sara Cooper Sara Cooper is an investigative journalist at The Chicago Reporter where her work focuses on social and criminal justice. Her published work includes a short documentary on lead contamination in Chicago, an embedded reporting trip to the Central African Republic with WWF researchers and long-form investigative work into the Illinois Department of Corrections. Her work has appeared in WTTW, Chicago Health Magazine and Caregiving Magazine. She holds a master’s degree from Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6370701bc8e94f172b473126/162ef5df-d508-4f9c-948f-6b57aefe7421/Domenica-Enriquez.png 2026 FOIA Fest Boot Camp Cohort - Doménica Enríquez Doménica Enríquez is an Ecuadorian journalist who has found her second home in Chicago. She has worked as a newspaper reporter and data journalist for media outlets in Ecuador as well as for the Spanish news agency EFE. Her experience reporting on public issues has strengthened her interest in accountability journalism and stories that help people better understand the systems that shape everyday life. Her work is driven by curiosity, empathy, and a deep commitment to human-centered storytelling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6370701bc8e94f172b473126/58fdb264-df4f-4604-a0d0-e083fcded328/Taryn+Galbreath+Headshot+LightBG.png 2026 FOIA Fest Boot Camp Cohort - Taryn Galbreath Taryn Galbreath is a broadcast journalist and multimedia reporter whose work focuses on accountability. With experience as a news anchor, traffic anchor, and reporter, she is committed to journalism that informs the public, exposes overlooked issues and helps audiences better understand the institutions that shape their lives. Her reporting has been published by USA Today, the Chicago Sun-Times, Military Times, Pioneer Press and won a White House Correspondents’ Association Award. She holds a master’s degree from Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6370701bc8e94f172b473126/7596296f-ae3e-4f9d-a9bc-99721dfc251f/Leona+Dunn.jpg 2026 FOIA Fest Boot Camp Cohort - Leona Towner Leona Towner is an award-winning multimedia freelance journalist in Chicago who has worked for Fox News Network, WZZM-13 and NewsNation. As a City Bureau Spring 2025 Fellow, she reported on youth-led organizations creating third spaces for Generation Z. She is currently earning her Master of Education at DePaul University and serves on the board of the National Association of Black Journalists Chicago Chapter.