An Ill. bill passed in May aims to support survivors of domestic violence by preventing the collection of coerced debt ...

This story was originally published by the Illinois Answers Project. CHICAGO — LaShon Minter Williams is waiting for a letter ...

New “Justice for Debtor” bill to enable more Illinoisans to participate in small claims court by eliminating appearance fees ...

Juneteenth Chicagoland’s Intersection of Celebration and Calls for Justice The mid-June sunshine reveals Bronzeville streets ...

What you fail to see is that legalizing consensual acts would have the effect of turning law enforcers into peace officers. Yes, in this case it may not have made any difference since Laquan (See: ...

Census Bureau projections show that the U.S. population will be “majority-minority” sometime between 2040 and 2050. Our research suggests that this will happen around 2044. Indeed, in 2020, there are ...

King did not seek out to lead the bus boycott in Montgomery, where he had lived for barely a year before Rosa Parks’ arrest. In fact, he was tapped by city elders precisely because he was new in town ...

Key Elementary School, located in the predominantly black Austin neighborhood, has stood empty since 2013 when it became one of 50 under-enrolled Chicago public schools shuttered to save money. Credit ...

Leland’s transformation is a rare success story: Austin and other black communities that bore the brunt of school closings in 2013 are stuck with the lion’s share of still-vacant buildings, adding ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X After Carlil Pittman, 25, was expelled as a high school sophomore nearly a decade ago, he helped ...

These attitudes have long been documented in prison records. As far back as 1845 prison administrators in Illinois considered female inmates more disruptive and difficult to manage, according to ...

Jump to: 1900 | 1950s | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s 1837 Chicago becomes official with its first city charter. 1854 John Dore, a Boston teacher and principal, becomes Chicago’s first ...