Deja Hood, a boisterous South Shore native and interdisciplinary artist known as Dej, is hosting her first photography ...

Local State Sen. Robert Peters (D-13th) announced Tuesday morning that he’s running for Congress in the Second District in ...

Two state-run health care programs that extend Medicaid-like coverage to noncitizens may have provided significant financial ...

A coalition of progressive activists, faith leaders and organizers from across the country gathered Saturday at Woodlawn’s First Presbyterian Church for the People’s Agenda, a forum on immigration, ec ...

Klaus Mäkelä, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s music director designate, began his fortnight residency last week with a ...

When Anne-Laure Schellenberg talks about food waste on 53rd Street, she doesn’t start with climate change or methane ...

As he stepped through the doors of Play Toys and Books in Hyde Park, Mayor Brandon Johnson couldn’t help but beam. The ...

The recent letter to the Herald (4/28/2025) from Richard Epstein and Michael Rachlis, culture warriors for the Past, is a breathtaking example of why America in general, and Chicago in particular, can ...

"In the days of 1940 when Hitler swept across Western Europe, leaving only England standing alone, it looked then as if ...

U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly is the second Democrat to step into the 2026 primary race to succeed U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin.

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