When a man snatched Cyrus Spurlock’s beloved violin out of his hands on a CTA train, Spurlock made a desperate attempt to ...

Between changes at the National Endowment for the Humanities and a shake-up at Chicago’s DCASE, humanities organizations are ...

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The claims are part of the Justice Department's lawsuit against the city, county and state challenging sanctuary policies.

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His family has no idea how to reach Yeison Rodrigo Jaimes-Rincon again after spotting him in footage of U.S. officials touring the prison.

Alyson Kung, Assistant Director for Programs and Community Engagement, stands for a photo at the UIC Asian American and Cultural Center. Kung says her immigrant students are trying to balance classes ...

Joe Biden’s remarks on Tuesday in Chicago marked his first public rebuttal of the Trump administration in the early days of ...

The contract is the CTU’s first without a strike or a strike vote in 15 years. The agreement sets lower class size limits, ...

Trying to force your will to break the spirit of working people in order to have a conversation — that’s terrorism. And we’re ...

Author Ashlee Piper’s newest book “No New Things” teaches you how you can save your money and the planet in 30 days.