First Stop: New Site, New Look

The New RedLineProject.news Has Launched 

After a decade with this look, we've decided on a fresh new design and location at RedLineProject.news. This site will remain live as a searchable 2011-2021 archive and is linked from the footer of the new site.

The new design affords us different opportunities with data visualization and multimedia, two foundations of our coverage of Chicago stories.

Second Stop: City Budget

Affordable Housing Sees Budget Increase: How Will It be Spent?

The historically progressive city budget promises record number of funding, but the current affordable housing locations and initiatives could indicate how much of the city's promise is actually likely to come into fruition.  

• Charts: Where are affordable housing locations in the city?

Third Stop: UIC

Positive COVID-19 Cases Remain Low on Campus for Fall Semester

While positive cases are low at UIC, the university's data dashboard and consistency with testing each saliva sample vary. 

• Chart: Positive cases at UIC fall semester 2021
• Archives: How Big Ten football programs fumbled the pandemic

Photo: Testing center at UIC (Photo/Laaiba Mahmood)

Fourth Stop: Technology

Chicago's Broadband Gap Widening During Pandemic

This barrier disproportionately affects Chicago’s low-income families and people of color. In the city’s South and West side neighborhoods, this inequity is especially evident. Census data shows the gap is widening, and CPS was scrambling to help students with e-learning and connectivity during the pandemic.