Talking to your kids about race can reduce bias, a Northwestern professor found
Psychologist Sylvia Perry studied conversations between white parents and their school-aged children to understand prejudice.
Mr. Coleman led countless demonstrations in his six decades as an activist.
Librarians want you to know their space, and their books, are there for everyone.
The Chicago inspector general’s office also released a quarterly report documenting misconduct from city employees.
Older adults aren’t more likely to get scammed than other age groups – but they are at risk for higher losses and have less time to recoup.
A new law increases credits earned for participating in prison programs, but records kept by the corrections department are spotty or incomplete.
Mayor Nancy Rotering says the parade, dubbed ‘Sweet Home Highland Park,” and a celebration afterward will restore the community’s spirit while helping the city as it moves forward from the tragic events of 2022 with compassion and respect.
The proposed legislation is the latest and most significant backlash to a declaration in December by Mayor Brandon Johnson’s Board of Education that it would no longer prioritize selective schools and would refocus resources to neighborhood schools that have faced years of cuts and underfunding.
The board says it doesn’t have the authority to enforce an executive order barring lobbyists from contributing to a mayor’s political committee.
Alexander plays a sleazy lawyer in the world premiere comedy “Judgment Day” opposite “Hamilton” actor Daniel Breaker, a priest.
Some towns say they’re already overburdened. Nonprofit organizations working to help migrants say suburbs could pass the money to them.
The 30-year-old vibraphonist, who performs this weekend as VybeKat, has reinvented, and reinvented again, over his meteoric jazz career.
The current contract expires this summer. On top of raises for staff, the union wants help for unhoused students, more dual language education.
In her new book “We Are the Culture,” Arionne Nettles details Chicago’s long list of cultural influences.
All schools that participated in the 2023 Pride Parade were denied entry this year, and teachers see irony in exclusion from “one of the most inclusive places that you can go.”
In a draft class touted as the one that will change the trajectory of the WNBA, arguably only one franchise procured more star power than the Sky, and it had the No. 1 overall pick.
Eleven people were shot in an attack Saturday at a family celebration. A 9-year-old girl was killed. The family pushed back on online reports that they were involved in gangs.
Some alderpersons objected to spending the money when their communities also need funding. The proposal goes before the full council Wednesday
Mr. Grossman was the principal writer of the 1967 Illinois Housing Development Act, which established the Illinois Housing Development Authority to finance affordable housing across Illinois.
The former home of Schulze Baking Company, and a succession of other breadmakers, has sat unused for two decades — and is likely to stay that way for the foreseeable future.
Gov. JB Pritzker, Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth and other elected officials shared stories about Karen Yarbrough, who died April 7.
Relatives of Ariana Molina have set up a GoFundMe account after Ariana was killed Saturday during a confirmation celebration with her family. Ten other people, including her mother, were wounded.
Advocates say the federal government’s new rule to get rid of harmful synthetic chemicals is a public health win.
Last year, Illinois ranked eighth in the country in dog bite claims. Insurance companies paid more than $61.8 million for 837 dog-related injury claims, with an average payout of $73,797.
The Park Ridge woman bought the car in April 1964 to get to her job as a third grade teacher.
If the White Sox succeed in getting the city and state to build them a new home on ‘The 78’ site in the South Loop, this little-known Iraqi-British billionaire stands to profit.
BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Exxon Mobil and Shell argued city’s case belongs in U.S. District Court. A legal expert predicts it will move back to Cook County Circuit Court.
Who shows up to the preview evening of EXPO Chicago? Easily some of the most fashionable people in the city.
Officer body camera video footage shows police engaged in heavy gunfire after pulling Reed over for purportedly not wearing a seat belt.
“I just feel like I’m going to die paying off my student loans,” said one high school counselor in Southeast Chicago this week after the president introduced a plan to aid nearly 25 million more student loan borrowers.