Nationwide protests erupted in the summer of 2020, a so-called racial reckoning, shortly after a video of the killing surfaced online. Residents took to the streets demanding systemic change to ...

Mayor Johnson defends Chicago's diverse leadership as DOJ opens hiring probe — and he’s not mincing words about President Trump.

The Mincing Rascals this week are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn, Publisher of The Picayune Sentinel, Brandon Pope, of WCIU, and longtime Chicago journalist Cate Plys! The Rascals start off ...

The Trump administration is walking away from police settlements in two major cities and closing investigations in six others. It comes days before the fifth anniversary of George Floyd’s murder. His ...

Currently, landlords are not required to give a reason for eviction or lease terminations. Organizers say the law gives ...

The election of Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Francis Prevost, as the first American pope marks a historic moment for the Catholic Church. Yet, to define him solely by his Chicago roots would be to ...

A 90-year-old former Secret Service agent is set to testify about the incompetence and conspiracy to kill JFK before Dallas ...

Nearly five years since the police murder of Minneapolis resident George Floyd sparked fundamental changes in the way ...

Amidst the Illinois' trans athlete debate, political figures demand federal scrutiny and potential funding cuts to protect girls' sports integrity.

The department took issue with comments the mayor made at a public event Sunday, in which he identified six high-level ...

NPR stories by Mariah Woelfel ...

The Department of Justice has launched a probe into the city of Chicago's hiring practices in what Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson has quickly labeled the latest hostile attack on diversity by the Trump ...