After a civil rights complaint, Chicago built the nation’s largest air monitoring network

Congress set to overhaul disaster recovery, speeding up new home builds

He’s Suspected of Hiring a Venezuelan Gang for a Political Killing. Trump Officials Still Work With Him.

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Trump Pushes Out Remaining Members of Bipartisan Election Commission Ahead of Midterms

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Justice Jackson’s birthright citizenship opinion includes Black Americans in the story of the nation’s search for equality

Jackson’s concurrence traces the 14th Amendment to work done by people ‘beyond Congress’ and Black Americans who ‘helped galvanize the push for full equality.’

Democracy from the front lines: How Taiwan and the Taiwanese diaspora combat global isolation

Taiwan pushes back every day against an authoritarian vision of international order that allows dictator regimes to decide who’s allowed to be seen, named and heard.

Both University of Chicago Press and Hachette Book Group have voted to unionize.

At presses small and large, it’s another great week for the labor movement in publishing. As of this afternoon, the University of Chicago Press Workers Guild (UCPWG) has won their union election, with a majority of the group’s 134 members