A clause in the county’s contract lets an information system designed for crime victims funnel sensitive data to ICE-contracted LexisNexis.

S ummer on the South Side peaks with the annual tradition known as the Bud Billiken Parade, which marks the upcoming ...

The Bud Billiken Parade, a South Side tradition since 1929, took place this past weekend.

President Donald Trump and his Republican cronies in Congress have finally managed to kill the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), the nonprofit that helps fund National Public Radio (NPR) and ...

A recap of select open meetings at the local, county, and state level.

Despite the simplicity of Chicago’s famous grid system, designed for flat land and seemingly equitable on a map, residents of Chicago have never been equally dispersed or had the same freedom of ...

Historians and activists push to recognize the history of Underground Railroad stops and guides in the south suburbs.

School board segregation panel chaired by Stuart Loory and anti-busing demonstration outside of Roberto Clemente High School, 1147 North Western Avenue Chicago, Illinois. Public school officials ...

The events of the past few days have only further cemented that Bridgeport’s residents of color are still confronted with the neighborhood’s past. But it’s less clear what the neighborhood can do to ...

For four decades, a row of towers on the South Side competed with Chicago’s famous skyline. The Robert Taylor Homes, encompassing twenty-eight structures, each sixteen stories high, stretched for two ...

After the high-rises came down, CHA pledged to rebuild thousands of units of public housing. Over a decade later, construction is still behind schedule.