For Rev. Julian DeShazier, issues around public health and accessible care on the South Side of Chicago are deeply personal. A Washington Park native and senior pastor at University Church in Hyde ...

View of the Obama Presidential Center's campus from the Sky Room located on the eighth floor of the museum on June 3, 2026. Credit: James Hoeck After a joyous opening over Juneteenth weekend, the ...

The thing about the 2026 White Sox? They sure don’t quit. At a rain-soaked matinee matchup between the Chicago White Sox and the Cleveland Guardians on Wednesday, June 24, the Sox ultimately ended the ...

efinition Theatre’s keerah, an ambitious debut from playwright and actor Netta Walker, chronicles the turbulent romance, and ...

The Ayodele Drum & Dance group performs on the plaza of the Obama Center during its opening day on Juneteenth, June 19, 2026. Holding residency on the South Side of Chicago, Ayodele Drum & Dance ...

On April 29, 2026, the Supreme Court ruled that Louisiana enacted an unconstitutional racial gerrymander when drawing its 2024 congressional map, which created a second majority-Black district to ...

Beck Nolan and Netta Walker in keerah at Definition Theatre. Credit: Joe Mazza, Brave Lux Definition Theatre’s keerah, an ambitious debut from playwright and actor Netta Walker, chronicles the ...

This article is part two of a two-part series reported by the Illinois Answers Project. Part one of this series focuses on the lack of funding allocated toward implementing the city’s ...

or Rev. Julian DeShazier, issues around public health and accessible care on the South Side of Chicago are deeply personal. A Washington Park native and senior pastor at University Church in Hyde Park ...

he Obama Presidential Center opened its doors to the public in Jackson Park over the weekend of June 19-21, after hosting a private opening ceremony streamed to the public and at Midway Plaisance Park ...

On June 4, ICE agents arrested a community organizer and mother, Gladis Yolanda Chavez Pineda along with at least nine others in Chicago’s South Loop. A petition urging her release has drawn over ...