The artist, who spent six months in Chicago in 1941 during the flowering of the city’s Black Renaissance, consistently ...

A pig named Pigasus had a short run for president in 1968. Are the rumors true that she was turned into barbecue after she ...

Violence prevention leaders and some Chicago residents condemned President Trump’s threats as “offensive” and harmful. Trump ...

Illinois is home to more than 220 data centers, but each one needs a lot of water to operate and cool its systems.

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Vélez, a diversity, equity and inclusion consultant with an education doctorate, will fill a board seat open since June. The ...

With bans on race-conscious admissions and attacks on equity initiatives, HBCUs are finding themselves at a crossroads.

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Now the composer and woodwindist, taking the stage Sunday with the Kevin King Regime, says he wants to pay it forward to ...

Nathaniel Murphy, who moved to the Chicago area from Manchester in 2012, really loves Oasis. But he’s also a rock star in his ...

Jayla Ward is a freshman at Northern Illinois University. About half the students in the class each fall are the first in ...

The cost of maintaining or increasing our investment in curbing violence is not nearly as high as the cost of retreating, ...