Less than a week before Donald Trump’s inauguration, Chicago City Council signaled its opposition to the President-elect’s ...

Well known for his restorations of iconic murals, Damon Lamar Reed’s art portfolio is a love letter to the children of ...

State and federal legislators are preparing for the Trump administration’s plans to make Chicago “ground zero” for mass deportations.

Backed by a live band of collaborators, Woes’ raps get a rock treatment reminiscent of Rage Against the Machine and System of ...

Jabari Evans, rapper and author of Drill Rap, Sex Work, and the Digital Underground, on women in male-dominated spaces and ...

We’re back! Hello readers, we’re back from holiday break with our first print issue of the year. Just as a reminder, our paper hits newsstands every other Thursday, and we also publish continuously on ...

A citywide group of district councilors released a letter calling for David Orlikoff to step down, citing abusive behavior.

A citywide group of district councilors released a letter calling for David Orlikoff to step down, citing abusive behavior.

Council members voted 27–23 to pass Mayor Brandon Johnson’s latest budget proposal, which doesn’t include a property tax increase. Mayor Brandon Johnson, flanked by budget director Annette Guzman and ...

On November 6, while City Hall was embroiled in a budget brawl over rising property taxes and declining federal support, voters in two South Side districts did something you might not expect. By ...

Chicago’s experiment with gunshot-detection tech is not over yet. Mayor Brandon Johnson declined to renew ShotSpotter’s contract this year, and on September 23 the company stopped providing regular ...