Hosted by Equity and Transformation and the Movement for Black Lives, the event brought hundreds together to define the future of Black liberation and economic justice.

Students and organizers said the principal removed several resources, including the Peace Room, an arts space, and the Freedom Store, from the school following a town hall.

The Chicago City Council advances a portal that has been years in the making to a vote, as housing advocates from various groups have been campaigning for a streamlined process to help renters find af...

Labor and immigrant rights are central to Chicago's identity, making the Cesar Chavez news especially tragic to arts and organizing spaces.

Labor and immigrant rights are central to Chicago's identity, making the Cesar Chavez news especially tragic to arts and organizing spaces.

The mayor questioned why any lawmaker from Chicago would consider providing a massive tax break for a professional sports team valued at nearly $9 billion.

“It started off with just our schools, and everybody just started requesting it,” one co-founder of Pillars said.

After two terminations and a public Instagram dispute, the last two eligible employees at Chicago’s celebrated Black-owned newsroom, The Triibe, head to a union vote on March 25.

The State Investigations Team  Illinois Answers’ special unit of reporters dedicated to bolstering newsrooms in every corner of the state with relentless and hard-fought watchdog journalism.  Our repo...

Some want to kill the quantum project entirely; others want to be shielded from displacement and environmental harms.

The TRiiBE has grown so much since its founding in 2017, thanks to the Black and abolitionist press that paved the way for us. We are a trusted news source on both the local and national levels. This ...

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Chicago Bears confirm QB1 will participate in Celebrity Three-Point Contest this Friday.

Stakeholders are convinced City Council’s move to limit hemp sales to licensed weed dispensaries protects Big Cannabis.

“How does this substitute ordinance make our community safer? It doesn't. It ignores the real root causes of safety. We need investments in systems of care,” Isaiah Burton said.

Chicago City Colleges aims to open food markets at all City Colleges to tackle student food insecurity.

In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and ICE occupation, we're offering free ebooks of three crucial books about migrant justice an...

In the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, Trump has clarified an inconvenient fact: The culture war is an actual war.

Carbon monoxide is an odorless, tasteless, colorless gas that can cause serious injury or even death if inhaled in high quantities. Here’s how you can keep your home and family safe.

The library food pantry is the second in the country and the first in Illinois and Chicago.

"I believe in miracles, so that's why I can be happy," owner Lakiesha Ifarinu Williams said. “The same way I came to this space, I know something else is there."

The product has been at the center of debate between Black-owned cannabis shops and Black-owned hemp businesses.

"I believe in miracles, so that's why I can be happy," owner Lakiesha Ifarinu Williams said. “The same way I came to this space, I know something else is there."

“Coming home from incarceration is not simply about release. It's about rebuilding. It's about healing trauma, restoring dignity, reconnecting families and learning how to believe in yourself again in...

A comeback season fueled by confidence, culture and a little bit of aura has Chicago believing the Bears are more than just good, they’re different.

Chicago’s building department has an active case on the property at 6750 S. Merrill Ave., where residents have complained about frequent water shutoffs.