New research suggests that culturally relevant and bilingual training advocacy programs like FIRME empower parents to ...

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This article has been edited 12.02.25 for grammatical errors. During the summer, I got a call from a friend. She asked if I could go to the Town of Cicero Health Department to pay a bill for her son’s ...

This investigation was co-produced by Block Club Chicago, Cicero Independiente, the Investigative Project on Race and Equity, Invisible Institute, South Side Weekly, and The TRiiBE. José* was inside ...

Editor’s Note: This article was inspired by Erin Reed's Informed Consent HRT Map. My name is Efrain, she/they, and I am the Youth and Schools reporter here at Cicero Independiente. In support of all ...

He came back in a box. A wooden coffin wrapped in cardboard, the kind used to protect freight. Eighteen years after leaving, that was how Silverio Villegas González returned to Michoacán. The plane ...

For everything that Cicero is known for, being a hub for artists is probably not high on that list. Throughout my reporting work with youth, especially those interested in the arts, a recurring theme ...