Tap dancers from Making A Difference Dancing Rhythms Organization perform at the 32nd Annual Chicago Neighborhood Development Awards on June 25, 2026. Credit: Photo courtesy of M.A.D.D.

The South Side Sports Roundup’s first monthly spotlight falls upon professional baseball player Michael Massey, who attended Brother Rice High School on 99th and Pulaski before playing for three years ...

The Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park (IQMP), a 440-acre development on the former site of the U.S. Steel South Works plant, June 13, 2026. Credit: Marc C. Monaghan A group of graduate ...

Carshina Washington dances in the drum circle during the African Festival of the Arts on August 30, 2025. Credit: Marc C. Monaghan From house music in Jackson Park to art fairs along 57th Street, Hyde ...

David Chiko, one of the former high-ranking officials in Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart’s office who was implicated in an alleged ghost-payrolling scheme in 2022, was allegedly involved in misconduct ...

W hen Border Patrol agents who took part in Operation Midway Blitz left Chicagoland last November, then-Assistant Homeland Security Secretary Tricia McLaughlin asserted “we aren’t leaving Chicago.” ...

so i left it. there. and slammed my car door closed with my butt and went inside. yesterday. i happened to park in the same spot. mind you, it’s March. the can of pineapple juice was flat as Florida ...

The exhibit at the National Museum of Mexican Art highlights early railworkers and boxcar camps that formed on the South Side in the 1900s. Co-curator Ismael Cuevas points to a model railroad set ...

In the first few months of 2025, sweeping cuts made by the second Trump administration, representing billions of dollars in government grant funding across multiple sectors, took effect. The nonprofit ...

According to 2024 estimates by the Centers for Disease Control, nearly 30% of people in the U.S. live with a disability. As such, it’s likely you know someone who lives with a condition that makes ...

In Chicago, a city with a long history of labor organizing, where entire industries depend on immigrant labor, violations aren’t the exception, they’re routine: missing paychecks, shifting schedules, ...

Cook County residents will cast their ballots in the 2026 primary election through March 17 for a range of federal, state, and county elected officials, including judges, deciding which party nominees ...