Bagpipers, politicians and Ghostbusters among St. Patrick’s Day highlights
By Christine Smith For its 60th year downtown, the Chicago St. Patrick’s Day Parade stretched across six blocks of Columbus Drive during its celebration of
By Christine Smith For its 60th year downtown, the Chicago St. Patrick’s Day Parade stretched across six blocks of Columbus Drive during its celebration of
By Bethel Habte The Chicago City Council Finance Committee announced Monday that it will hold a hearing April 14 on the Reparations Ordinance for Chicago
By Dean DeChiaro and Phoebe Tollefson Ten years after bilingual education programs were discontinued in Illinois prisons, the Department of Corrections has initiated a new
By Taylor Mullaney After the first week of state-mandated PARCC academic testing, some parents are speaking out for the right to exclude their children from
By Adrienne Hurst Geronimo Lightfoot has a home. It’s between two concrete pillars underneath the Illinois Center on Michigan Avenue; a cozy nest of blankets,
UPDATED: This story has been updated to include new developments in the case. By Matt Yurus Why did dozens of creditors strive to head off
By Megan Kramer Sofia Kennedy’s career in Irish dance started with a flier. Now nearly 13 years old, Sofia is a member of the World
By Stephanie Choporis Students and professors at Northeastern Illinois University say the school’s student housing proposal is being used to boost dwindling enrollment and will
By Bryce Gray Inside Felipa Del Carmen’s tin-roof, dirt-floor home in Nicaragua, piles of wood stand at the ready to keep an indoor fire burning.
By Dawnn Anderson More than half of LGBTQ students said they feel threatened at school due to their sexual orientation, and almost that many said