But one experiences about twice as many shootings per capita as the other. The University of Chicago economist Jens Ludwig ...

Carter Woodson was a tireless promoter of Black culture who planted seeds for what became Black History Month a century ago ...

UChicago researchers asked residents to draw their neighborhood boundaries in a new map — and Bronzeville appears to have ...

When Clarissa Aljentera wanted to teach her 6-year-old son about the impact of Filipinos in Chicago, she ended up in what ...

A new survey suggests some South Siders believe Hyde Park extends far beyond its community area boundaries — and even extends ...

Chef Reggie Carter, with Raging Cajun Catering, who is actually from Treme, New Orleans, the oldest Black neighborhood in America, joined ABC7 to share some flavors of New Orleans.

New surveillance video shows the car and suspect police are looking for after a shooting killed a man and wounded a baby in ...

You've seen him on billboards. This is the story behind Larry Roberts Jr., the founder of Larry's Barber College.

In the 1920s, the organ played a role in a celebration of Black achievement. With the teaching of that history now under ...

Families — most of them not immigrants — pulled some 450 children from day care and preschool, about 70% of those enrolled in ...

Jennifer Norrell led an effort to more than double the percentage of high schoolers taking AP in her district.

NBCUniversal Local Chicago (NBC 5 Chicago and Telemundo Chicago) will commemorate Black Heritage Month with a robust lineup ...