Also congrats to @cplhouse.bsky.social @rubybailey.bsky.social, @illinoisanswers.bsky.social team & the @southsideweekly.bsky.social team for the Making It in Chicago nom! Proud the Reader was able to republish several of these stories makingitinchicago.illinoisanswers.org

Weekly investigations editor @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social will join @illinoisanswers.bsky.social journalists in discussing "Making it in Chicago: Detours and Dead Ends on the Path to Opportunity" at a live podcast taping at the City Club of Chicago tomorrow! www.cityclub-chicago.org/event/2/5697...

Achieving economic mobility has become difficult for many Chicagoans. That’s among the key findings in a recent and wide-ranging series of stories from the Illinois Answers Project.

After a community listening tour last fall, we charged ahead, reporting on topics as big as... child care costs affordable housing & healthcare student loans Gig work violence interrupters and aging in place. Our series "Making it in Chicago" is the result: makingitinchicago.illinoisanswers.org