Harassment isn’t an individual problem; it’s a problem inflicted by communities, either because the members participate in the violence or because they’ve learned to stay quiet as a means of ...

The Chicago Park District wants to hear from Chicagoans about impactful local park projects they want to see happen.

Chicagoans can now pitch and pick their own park upgrades, as the Chicago Park District opens a citywide participatory budgeting process that asks residents to propose and vote on local park projects.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Tens of thousands of Chicagoans cannot vote in local elections due to their immigration status. The overwhelming majority are from Latin America. Still, there is a way for some ...

This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. The largest state economy in the United States wants to make ...

Participatory funding is the process of individuals working together to determine how grants and philanthropic gifts are distributed in their communities.

This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. On a Tuesday evening in April, one of the first pleasant ...

Sacramentans could soon have more of a say over how they’d like the city to spend taxpayer dollars, after City Council decided on Tuesday they would put money from the city’s general fund into a pilot ...