The Democratic primary this month, which will likely decide the overall winner of that senate seat in deep blue Illinois, has come down to three frontrunners: Congresswoman Robin Kelly (IL-02), ...

The Chicago Fire broke ground on their incoming stadium last Tuesday, signalling a new era for the long vacant area.

With the primary approaching, here’s what voters need to know about what the Cook County Board president and the Board’s 17 commissioners do, and the stakes of their power.

United States’ and Israel’s war on Iran has already taken the lives of more than 1,300 Iranians, including over 150 children, while the seventh U.S. casualty was reported last week. President Donald ...

A recap of select open meetings at the local, county, and state level. Produced in partnership with City Bureau’s Documenters.

The Exchange is the Weekly’s poetry corner, where a poem or piece of writing is presented with a prompt. Readers are welcome to respond to the prompt with original poems, and pieces may be featured in ...

After the parade, lion dancers spread throughout the Chinatown area to bless local businesses with good fortune throughout the new year with many patrons from the day’s event visiting local ...

A once internationally known Black athlete comes alive again in a new biography detailing, in part, his life—and death—on the South Side of Chicago. Perhaps the most telling sentence in Sol Butler: An ...

Thousands gathered to celebrate the annual Lunar New Year Parade on the first day of March.

At their meeting, members of the Gender-Based Violence Task Force expected to hear Chicago Police Department (CPD) officials discuss how they handle officers accused of gender-based violence. CPD ...

While he didn’t match King’s commanding stature or Obama’s ultimate political triumph, Jackson became a moral and political force all the same.

This is post 1 of 6 in the series “FIRSTHAND: SEGREGATION” Chicago is one of the most segregated cities in the United States. Over the last century, an array of political and cultural forces have ...