Maplewood, a suburb of St. Paul, became an enclave for Black families despite decades of racist real estate practices in Minnesota.

A Chicago Democrat who once set much of Illinois’ political agenda as the longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history was convicted of some charges Wednesday in a mixed ...

County officials in Springfield, Illinois, have agreed to pay $10 million to the family of Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman shot and killed in her home last summer by a sheriff’s deputy ...

When she was a kid hungering for ice cream, Ida Nelson would trudge to the local gas station or perhaps to a food & liquor ...

Overview: As the Chicago Department of Public Health rolls out an ambitious action plan, Trump’s Project 2025 playbook ...

Lorraine Hansberry was a Chicago playwriting legend. Her father Carl was a real estate broker turned civil rights activist.

Shermann “Dilla” Thomas, a self-taught Chicago historian who rose to fame on TikTok, is the new brand ambassador and chief of ...

CBS Chicago highlights stories that celebrate the theme for Black History Month 2025: African Americans and labor.

Chicago tourists shouldn't miss the city's "Black Metropolis," a historic neighborhood on Lake Michigan with a thriving arts ...

Jen Sabella from Block Club Chicago joined Good Day Chicago to fill us in on trending neighborhood news ...

There are a lot of movers and shakers in Chicago working to make our neighborhoods better. While we recognize many of their ...

The Chicago Community Trust and Mastercard are using spending data to measure the value of a multipurpose asset.