It has been more than 50 years since the Rev. Jorge Morales boarded a plane from Chicago headed toward Coachella, California, to join a picket line in support of higher pay and benefits for ...

The owners of a Pilsen nail salon are speaking out after being robbed on Saturday. They say one of the suspects even broke ...

Meisha Porter, a former New York City schools chief who was named a finalist to lead Chicago Public Schools, has withdrawn from consideration.

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Chavez, who died more than three decades ago, has long been revered in the Latino and labor strongholds of Chicago with ...

Chicago is among the cities grappling with labor leader César Chávez's legacy following new allegations of sexual abuse. The ...

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The owner said one teen pulled a knife and showed a gun after trying to run off with cash from the register. One suspect ...

Tax increment financing was created to fund community-improvement projects. Some working-class neighborhoods are losing out because the mayor and the Chicago City Council used TIFs to bail out the ...

The new digital literary journal Project 2052 invites writers, poets, and artists to help expand the universe of Everything for Everyone.

It's a nice way to get community together, refuel for the next fast, and have a space where we can just be all together,” ...