The Jerome Burke Foundation is marking its sixth year of expanding educational and career pipelines for young Black men across Austin.

Oak Park Village Trustee Brian Straw was one of six Chicago area political activists arrested and charged a year ago.

A documentary about Austin and grassroots efforts to empower the West Side neighborhood took home a win at the 68th annual ...

Two years after Mayor Brandon Johnson canceled the city’s ShotSpotter contract, his administration is planning to launch a ...

Two years after Mayor Brandon Johnson canceled the city’s ShotSpotter contract, his administration is planning to launch a pilot program that will include testing other gunshot detection technologies ...

Paula Santos of Open Books and Taykhoom Biviji of the University of Illinois Chicago are partnering to help high school students strengthen their writing skills. Credit: Hector Cervantes High school ...

There’s a new initiative to strengthen food access on the West and South Sides of Chicago — where, respectively, 45% and 51% of homes are food insecure, according to a 2026 report by the Greater ...