Chicago police are asking for the public's help in locating a 14-year-old who was reported missing a week ago from the West ...

A group of five males smashed the front glass door of a Lululemon store in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood and stole an unknown amount of merchandise before fleeing in a black SUV.

Edwin Reed describes the chaos and danger in George Floyd Square, leading to a lawsuit against Minneapolis for lack of police ...

The report draws from research from the New School’s Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy, which found that in 2024 the median net worth for Black Chicago-area households was zero dollars — ...

The award-winning media outlet has opened its first dedicated space in East Garfield Park, where it will produce more film ...

Mayor Harold Washington is buried in a cemetery that was once for “whites only.” Protests and legislative fights desegregated ...

Murray Language Academy’s last librarian, Eileen Holzhauer, started out her career as a psychologist and became a librarian ...

Lavonte X. Hodges, 33, was shot and killed and a woman wounded about 10 a.m. Friday when a car pulled up to them in the first ...

The apparatus bay of Fire Station Number 8 was packed with descendants of the original Black volunteer firefighter department that started in 1918, members of the local neighborhood, friends and ...

The causes and solutions to gun violence are difficult to quantify—or control. One thing is clear: gun violence is highest in ...

National Museum of Public Housing leaders hope visitors see there’s more to life in public housing than what's on the news.

The U.S. Department of Justice has opened a civil rights investigation into hiring practices at the city of Chicago ... Johnson praised the number of Black people in top positions in his ...