Illinois could become the first state in the nation to restore voting rights that were stripped from people serving prison ...

Thousands marched on Saturday, August 1, as part of a multi-faith, multicultural procession commemorating the 60th ...

Chicago becomes official with its first city charter. The Chicago Teachers Federation (CTF) is formed to advocate on behalf of teachers. It would become the Chicago Teachers Union 40 years later.

This story was co-published with the Chicago Reader. Gary Sams could hardly breathe. He had begun experiencing early symptoms of rapidly progressing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a progressive ...

Illinois could become the first state in the nation to restore voting rights that were stripped from people serving prison sentences. Under proposed legislation backed by a coalition of voting rights ...

Illinois could become the first state in the nation to restore voting rights that were stripped from people serving prison sentences. Under proposed legislation backed by a coalition of voting rights ...

Thousands marched on Saturday, August 1, as part of a multi-faith, multicultural procession commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Chicago Freedom Movement. Led by the Inner-City Muslim Action ...

Logan Correctional Center in Lincoln, Illinois, held about 1,750 female inmates as of July 2018. Credit: Photo by Bill Healy During her twenty years in an Illinois prison, Monica Cosby received ...

COOK COUNTY — The day before Christmas eve in 2023, Andrew Ciaccio was up all night trying to soothe his stomach pains. When he woke, he could barely sit up. Something was wrong. “It was pretty ...

Joyce Edwards is one of the last few holdouts in a section of Englewood taken over by a rail yard expansion by Norfolk Southern. She’s taking the company to court seeking fair compensation for her ...

Clyde Ross "bought" his North Lawndale home on contract in 1961. He was able to keep it after joining the Contract Buyers League, which fought for legitimate mortgages by staging a payment strike.

In a year when the city’s lawyers were hashing out the details of a federal consent decree that will govern police reform efforts for years to come, Chicago taxpayers paid out more than $85 million to ...