The Rev. Jesse Jackson was our public conscience. He did not allow anyone to look away from the suffering of people here and ...

Lightfoot has worked as mayor, a federal prosecutor and a top leader on police accountability. She wants local officials to ...

CHICAGO (WGN) – In America’s slow march for racial equality, Rev. Jesse Jackson – who died Tuesday at the age of 84 – was the bridge between Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Barack Obama. After Dr. King ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The violence in Chicago has once again gotten the attention of President Donald Trump. The president wrote a letter to Governor JB Pritzker and Mayor Lori Lightfoot criticizing their ...

Former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot joined Tuesday's WGN Morning News to share memories and thoughts on the the legacy of Rev ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Chicago Public School leaders announced the appointment of new Chicago Board of Education members Monday. WATCH: Mayor Lightfoot announces new Chicago Board ...

The blame game over Lincoln Yards is heating up again. The fallout over the tumultuous $6 billion project, once touted as Chicago’s next big development frontier, has turned into a battleground ...

Shortly after Lori Lightfoot was elected mayor, I wrote that with her fedoras, her short stature, her intense eyes, and her baggy suits, she was going to be a cartoonist’s dream. Turns out, that was a ...

CHICAGO -- An investigation has been launched into a raid of a Chicago woman's apartment that resulted in armed police officers drawing their weapons and handcuffing an innocent woman in February 2019 ...