The Peace Warriors in West Garfield at Legal Prep Academy program teaches student volunteers mediation skills and restorative justice to mediate violent conflict.

The Chicago Youth Awards are the brainchild of Latricia Walker-West, who likens the event to one that would be hosted on BET.

At 75, Deniece Rogers of the Near North Side earned her Doctorate of Philosophy in Educational Leadership from DePaul University’s College of Education.

Ten dance companies, a one-night performance. That’s the math that brings performers from the latest cohort of the Chicago Black Dance Legacy Project to the Harris Theater.

More than 300,000 students headed back to class across the city as Chicago Public Schools opened its doors for the 2026-27 school year.

After years as a special education classroom assistant, or SECA, Edward Gardner was promoted to a special education teacher at Burnham Math & Science.

The day independent autopsy results were shared for Nolan Wells, an 18-year-old Black student whose death off the coast of Mississippi days after a Fourth of July holiday boat trip captured national a...

The novel “Majestic Hills” is one told through the eyes of a young Chicago couple who move to the suburbs for a change of pace.

Amanda Williams is focusing her artistic lens on local monuments, asking what it might look like to have monuments that look different than what we would think of historically.

As the Chicago Public Library Foundation — a nonprofit established in 1986 as the fundraising partner of the Chicago Public Library — celebrates 40 years, it does so with Eva Giglio as its new leader.

Chicago artist Candace Hunter has constructed an interactive art exhibit at BMRC Gallery in Bronzeville, and she wants to hear from more Chicagoans who lost their homes.

Illinois programs like Missing Pieces and Soaring Spirits International aim to help the bereaved with complex emotions through the grief process.

The Blanc Gallery exhibit “From Memory to Movement: Emmett at 85” brings together 11 Black Chicago-based contemporary artists to produce works that speak to the humanity of Emmett Till.

The Obama Presidential Center opened to the public in Chicago on Juneteenth, with former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama greeting guests.

Ed McNally, a former classmate of filmmaker John Hughes, is now an attorney. And he helped us litigate a case against “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.”

NeoCon, North America’s largest design show at Merchandise Mart — and Fulton Market Design Days, a parallel design show in Fulton Market are collaborating.

Spencer Leak, Jr., spent four decades working at his family business, Leak & Sons Funeral Homes. He died Sunday at age 56.

Eager for warm-weather fun after a stretch of cool days, many in the Chicago area descended on beaches along the lake to celebrate the unofficial first day of summer.

An honorary street sign renamed South Lake Park Avenue in Hyde Park as Yolanda Travis Mack Way in honor of the late McDonald’s franchise owner.

As a rare trial in “Broadview Six” case looms, Oak Park trustee Brian Straw is sharing his story as one of the four remaining defendants in the politically charged prosecution.

Chicago teens will share their ideas at a mental health summit at the El Centro Library and Learning Center at Northeastern Illinois University.

The Chicago Tribune won the Pulitzer Prize on Monday for its coverage of Operation Midway Blitz, the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement mission in the Chicago area last fall.

As the United States prepares to celebrate its 250th anniversary on July 4, a new movement is underway to establish July 5th as "Martyrs Day."

A cohort of 15 early childhood educators worked with the Erikson Institute to develop teaching plans that celebrate being Black.

Alicia Graf Mack spoke with the Tribune about stepping into the new position and the tone she plans to set going forward.

In Dorothy Roberts’ latest book, “The Mixed Marriage Project: A Memoir of Love, Race and Family,” readers glimpse nostalgic moments from the sociologist and law professor’s family.

Former Tribune critic Blair Kamin and former Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White are among the 2026 recipients of the Order of Lincoln.

In sharing her story, Reshona Landfair hopes it helps others in bad scenarios on their journey of healing.

Matchmaking may be old-school, but these days its clientele is skewing younger and more diverse, including Black and gay clients tired of dating apps.

“The Women Who Built Chicago” bus tour takes participants on a one-and-a-half-hour excursion focusing on nine influential Chicago women, such as Mary Emerson Haven, founder of the Chicago YWCA.

With the Chicago writer’s newest release, she hope to show readers that all pathways are open to them.

The Neighborhood Capital Fund, established in 2025, will grant approximately $20 million to Chicago organizations through 2027.

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On Saturday, a final “homegoing” service represented the culmination of nine days of funerals and celebrations for Jackson, who died last month at age 84.

A crescendo of voices from the worlds of religion, politics, business, sports and entertainment converged at the House of Hope to provide a requiem to the Rev. Jesse Jackson on Friday.

Many Black women say their professional trajectories have been deeply impacted by the Rev. Jesse Jackson.

Welcome to Hope House, a model for fostering children and teens developed by the Chicago-based nonprofit One Hope United. The premise is a stable household with a built-in support team to help the …

Flags were lowered to half-staff this morning in South Carolina, where civil rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson will lie in repose at the state capitol.

Pritzker Traubert Foundation is awarding $5 million to train and place Chicagoans into 1,000 health care jobs over the next three years.

Rev. Jesse Jackson’s career as a civil rights leader and politician took him across the country and around the world, yet he remained close to Illinois.