Invisible Institute
@invisible.institute
A nonprofit journalism production organization on the South Side of Chicago. Home to CPDP.co, Beneath the Surface, and more.
Join our team! The Invisible Institute is hiring an investigative reporter to join our team and work alongside our staff to report on police abuse, state violence, and official secrecy in Chicago and beyond. Apply by Feb. 15th! invisible.institute/jobs
February 4, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Join our team! The Invisible Institute is hiring an investigative reporter to join our team and work alongside our staff to report on police abuse, state violence, and official secrecy in Chicago and beyond. Apply by Feb. 15th! invisible.institute/jobs
Read the story here: www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/november-2025/the-video-that-shook-chicago/
December 3, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Read the story here: www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/november-2025/the-video-that-shook-chicago/
Ten years ago this month, dashcam footage was released showing Laquan McDonald being shot to death by a police officer. A decade after their historic victory, the key players recount how they helped bring the transformative video to light.
December 3, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Ten years ago this month, dashcam footage was released showing Laquan McDonald being shot to death by a police officer. A decade after their historic victory, the key players recount how they helped bring the transformative video to light.
Read the story here: bit.ly/fedsteargas
November 19, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Read the story here: bit.ly/fedsteargas
An investigation by a group of Chicago-area newsrooms and found that federal agents used chemical weapons on protesters at least 49 times across 18 incidents across Chicago and the suburbs since Oct. 1. Read: bit.ly/fedsteargas
November 19, 2025 at 11:40 PM
An investigation by a group of Chicago-area newsrooms and found that federal agents used chemical weapons on protesters at least 49 times across 18 incidents across Chicago and the suburbs since Oct. 1. Read: bit.ly/fedsteargas
Join us on Thursday, November 20th from 6:30 - 8:30pm for our Annual Supporters Convening at the Chicago Athletic Association. The event is free and all are welcome! Register here: invisible.institute/events
November 17, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Join us on Thursday, November 20th from 6:30 - 8:30pm for our Annual Supporters Convening at the Chicago Athletic Association. The event is free and all are welcome! Register here: invisible.institute/events
Join us on Thursday, November 20th from 6:30 - 8:30pm for our Annual Supporters Convening at the Chicago Athletic Association. The event is free and all are welcome! Register here: invisible.institute/events
November 14, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Join us on Thursday, November 20th from 6:30 - 8:30pm for our Annual Supporters Convening at the Chicago Athletic Association. The event is free and all are welcome! Register here: invisible.institute/events
Our longtime collaborator Sarah Conway covered Chicago’s ongoing resistance to ICE for @nymag.com. Read the story here: nymag.com/intelligencer/article/chicago-resistance-against-trump-and-ice.html
November 7, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Our longtime collaborator Sarah Conway covered Chicago’s ongoing resistance to ICE for @nymag.com. Read the story here: nymag.com/intelligencer/article/chicago-resistance-against-trump-and-ice.html
Join the Invisible Institute and South Side Weekly on November 2 for an arts showcase honoring the life and legacy of Dr. Margaret T.G. Burroughs, featuring a special performance of “Tuesday” by Mud Theatre. Register here: invisible.institute/events
October 31, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Join the Invisible Institute and South Side Weekly on November 2 for an arts showcase honoring the life and legacy of Dr. Margaret T.G. Burroughs, featuring a special performance of “Tuesday” by Mud Theatre. Register here: invisible.institute/events
Join the Invisible Institute and South Side Weekly on November 2 for an arts showcase honoring the life and legacy of Dr. Margaret T.G. Burroughs, featuring a special performance of “Tuesday” by Mud Theatre. Register here: invisible.institute/events
October 29, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Join the Invisible Institute and South Side Weekly on November 2 for an arts showcase honoring the life and legacy of Dr. Margaret T.G. Burroughs, featuring a special performance of “Tuesday” by Mud Theatre. Register here: invisible.institute/events
Join the Invisible Institute and South Side Weekly on November 2 for an arts showcase honoring the life and legacy of Dr. Margaret T.G. Burroughs, featuring a special performance of “Tuesday” by Mud Theatre. Register here: invisible.institute/events
October 27, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Join the Invisible Institute and South Side Weekly on November 2 for an arts showcase honoring the life and legacy of Dr. Margaret T.G. Burroughs, featuring a special performance of “Tuesday” by Mud Theatre. Register here: invisible.institute/events
Join the Invisible Institute and South Side Weekly on October 26th for a day of art making and community building in honor of the life and legacy of Dr. Margaret T.G. Burroughs. Register here: invisible.institute/events
October 21, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Join the Invisible Institute and South Side Weekly on October 26th for a day of art making and community building in honor of the life and legacy of Dr. Margaret T.G. Burroughs. Register here: invisible.institute/events
Last week, residents of a South Shore apartment building were jolted awake late at night last week when nearly 300 federal agents, backed by helicopters and flashbang grenades, stormed their homes in a massive immigration raid.
October 6, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Last week, residents of a South Shore apartment building were jolted awake late at night last week when nearly 300 federal agents, backed by helicopters and flashbang grenades, stormed their homes in a massive immigration raid.
It describes the incidents and underlying conditions that gave rise to Bond v. Utreras, a federal civil rights case that has figured centrally in the public conversation about police accountability in Chicago. Read the story here: viewfromtheground.com/kicking-the-pigeon
October 2, 2025 at 5:07 PM
It describes the incidents and underlying conditions that gave rise to Bond v. Utreras, a federal civil rights case that has figured centrally in the public conversation about police accountability in Chicago. Read the story here: viewfromtheground.com/kicking-the-pigeon
“Kicking the Pigeon” is a series of articles by Jamie Kalven published between July 6, 2005 and February 16, 2006 in the View From The Ground.
October 2, 2025 at 5:06 PM
“Kicking the Pigeon” is a series of articles by Jamie Kalven published between July 6, 2005 and February 16, 2006 in the View From The Ground.
Last week, an agent snatched Steve Held’s reporter credentials and shot chemical weapons at him while he reported on the protests at Broadview. Tonight, federal agents detained him while he was reporting.
We urge for his immediate release.
@peoplesfabric.com @unraveledpress.com
We urge for his immediate release.
@peoplesfabric.com @unraveledpress.com
September 28, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Last week, an agent snatched Steve Held’s reporter credentials and shot chemical weapons at him while he reported on the protests at Broadview. Tonight, federal agents detained him while he was reporting.
We urge for his immediate release.
@peoplesfabric.com @unraveledpress.com
We urge for his immediate release.
@peoplesfabric.com @unraveledpress.com
In 2000, the CHA launched its “Plan for Transformation” to demolish high-rise public housing buildings and replace them with mixed-income housing. Twenty-five years later, many former residents remain displaced and affordable housing is still scarce.
September 25, 2025 at 4:24 PM
In 2000, the CHA launched its “Plan for Transformation” to demolish high-rise public housing buildings and replace them with mixed-income housing. Twenty-five years later, many former residents remain displaced and affordable housing is still scarce.
Have a car? Our reporting team focused on sexual assault by the Chicago Police plans to distribute copies of our investigation and findings about assault within the department.
If you’d like to volunteer at the end of September, sign up here: bit.ly/btsprintdistro
If you’d like to volunteer at the end of September, sign up here: bit.ly/btsprintdistro
September 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Have a car? Our reporting team focused on sexual assault by the Chicago Police plans to distribute copies of our investigation and findings about assault within the department.
If you’d like to volunteer at the end of September, sign up here: bit.ly/btsprintdistro
If you’d like to volunteer at the end of September, sign up here: bit.ly/btsprintdistro
Presented here as a public collection for the first time are 80 scans of the original prints made by Evans in 1994-2007. View the archive here: viewfromtheground.com
September 22, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Presented here as a public collection for the first time are 80 scans of the original prints made by Evans in 1994-2007. View the archive here: viewfromtheground.com
The View from the Ground archive is a searchable collection of Jamie Kalven’s original reporting and a robust collection of black and white film photographs by Patricia Evans from the final chapter of high-rise public housing in Chicago.
September 22, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The View from the Ground archive is a searchable collection of Jamie Kalven’s original reporting and a robust collection of black and white film photographs by Patricia Evans from the final chapter of high-rise public housing in Chicago.
Revisit all three volumes and eras of the Invisible Institute’s work here: www.viewfromtheground.com
September 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Revisit all three volumes and eras of the Invisible Institute’s work here: www.viewfromtheground.com
We're excited to introduce the View from the Ground archive: a searchable collection of Jamie Kalven’s original reporting and Patricia Evans’ photography from the final chapter of high-rise public housing in Chicago.
September 17, 2025 at 3:43 PM
We're excited to introduce the View from the Ground archive: a searchable collection of Jamie Kalven’s original reporting and Patricia Evans’ photography from the final chapter of high-rise public housing in Chicago.
Less than a week into Trump’s surge of deportation arrests in Chicago, an ICE agent shot and killed 38-year-old Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez during a Franklin Park traffic stop. The DHS says he drove his car at agents, but bystander videos and witnesses report a different story.
September 16, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Less than a week into Trump’s surge of deportation arrests in Chicago, an ICE agent shot and killed 38-year-old Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez during a Franklin Park traffic stop. The DHS says he drove his car at agents, but bystander videos and witnesses report a different story.