Ald. Matt Martin (47th Ward) cited Chicago v. Morales (1999), where the U.S. Supreme Court struck down an anti-loitering ...

The Chicago Teachers Union finally has a new contract. After nearly a year of negotiations, the Chicago Board of Education ...

— Kirk Dillard, chairman of the Regional Transportation Authority Board of Directors speaking on the impending budget shortfall and subsequent massive service cuts One in 5 Chicago workers may lose ...

The Green Social Housing ordinance aims to meet the need for affordable housing in Chicago without relying on federal funding. The ordinance would establish an independent nonprofit in charge of a ...

Nita Tennyson felt compelled to act after seeing her people in her community struggle to find basic resources and living supplies early in the COVID-19 pandemic and during widespread looting in 2020.

José Muñoz doesn’t have many photos of his childhood — almost all of them were lost between evictions and living in homelessness during his youth. His mother, an immigrant, worked two jobs to provide ...

On a Monday evening in March, teenagers and their parents attended an open house at the Arts + Public Life Arts Block in Washington Park. Julia Hinojosa, the associate director of education programs, ...

Since President Donald Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20, transgender Americans have repeatedly been in the crosshairs of his second administration. One of the first acts was an executive order limiting ...