"When you are an undocumented immigrant, celebrating the Fourth of July is to resist being defined by fear and panic." ...

As part of the US@250 project examining the United States in a historic year, CivicSpace gathered Americans across race, age, ...

Officials in Dolton, Ill., called the purchase a rare opportunity. But some residents questioned whether the village, ...

Established 75 years ago by brothers Leonard and Phil Chess, the record label focused primarily on black musicians and ...

Shamus Toomey, Editor in Chief and co-founder of Block Club Chicago, joins Bob Sirott to share the latest Chicago ...

Inspector General Deborah Witzburg told the City Council that she’ll investigate the controversial June 4 police response if no one else will.

Karen J. Johnson’s new book Ordinary Heroes of Racial Justice: A History of Christians in Action displays the mind of a ...

By highlighting artists from communities historically excluded from mainstream art institutions, the show challenges ...

Wilkerson compares this epic migration to the migrations of other peoples in history. She interviewed more than a thousand people, and gained access to new data and official records, to write this ...

Court Theatre proudly will present Spotlight Reading Series, featuring works authored and inspired by Theodore Ward. Learn ...