Lee Harris spent years in prison without hope, until an unlikely friendship led to a years-long crusade to prove his innocence.

A middle-class college student from the Chicago suburbs used Facebook to sell firearms to gangsters. But was he a kingpin or a scapegoat?

For many released into the harsh environment outside Chicago’s Cook County Jail, it can be impossible to find their way home.

Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge and his crew tortured false confessions out of hundreds of black men. Decades later, the survivors fought for reparations.

After the fatal police shooting of Laquan McDonald, can a new state’s attorney bring real reform to Chicago?