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Big Star is a love letter to Chicago, a testament to our city’s endless capacity for invention.

South Side activists approached Jennifer Hudson to help save Yale Elementary from closure. They say the school's garden is integral to larger urban agriculture efforts.

After not one, but two factory closings, the former workers of Republic Windows and Doors decided to take things into their own hands.

The United Center hosted a playoff series win for the Blackhawks Thursday. Tonight the Bulls will take on the Heat there.

A U.S. Senate immigration bill would require unemployed W Visa holders to find a job within two months — or say goodbye to this country.

Robert Sickinger came to Chicago in 1963 as director of Hull House theater on Chicago’s north side. But in six short years, he gave the city a new style of theater: grassroots, adventurous, and in the neighborhood. 

The glitzy towers of downtown Chicago are filled with offices that boast impressive financial returns, but their biggest cash flow may be one they all share: the Chicago River. A new report quantifies the economic returns of river investments.