Sports
The team proved women's tackle football has an eager audience in Chicago, and they're just getting started.
ICE
Community groups across Chicago are equipping residents with legal guides, know-your-rights trainings, and rapid response networks to protect immigrant families.
Art
At CICA’s Brighton Park studio, young dancers spent weeks rehearsing Veracruz-style folklórico for the Día de Muertos showcase on Nov. 2, learning the music and traditions behind the performance.
Art
Artist Natasha Mijares brings the Valencian tradition of mascletà to Humboldt Park through spoken word, textile, and performance.
Housing
In the second of three parts, a photo essay explores how Chicago's West Side communities insist on presence and dignity in the face of displacement, revealing the persistence of life where others see only absence.
Eating Our Way Home
Part one of a series featuring food spaces that feel like home, this cafe thrives at the intersection of Ethiopian tradition and community turned family.
Accessibility
Months of construction test commuters' patience as $25 million accessibility project continues
Environment
Heritage Middle School students are learning that food doesn't just come from grocery stores; it grows from soil, seeds, and hard work in their seven-bed community garden.
Housing
In the first of three parts, a photo essay explores how Chicago's West Side communities insist on presence and dignity in the face of displacement, revealing the persistence of life where others see only absence.
News for everyone
After 36 years as a waitress, Irma Ceballos opened her own Mexican restaurant in Little Village, where family recipes and unconditional hospitality have made her a neighborhood pillar.
Two months later, the festival’s energy, emotion, and performances still echo across Chicago’s hip-hop scene.
El nuevo Indice de Vulnerabilidad al Calor de Chicago busca señalar los vecindarios más vulnerables al calor, pero los residentes en áreas historicamente desinvertidas cuestionan si los datos traerán ayuda significativa.
Chicago’s new Heat Vulnerability Index aims to pinpoint the neighborhoods most vulnerable to extreme heat, but residents in historically disinvested areas question whether data will lead to real help.
Cansada de las preguntas sin respuesta y pedazos de información, Janel King y otros residentes de Berwyn estan creando nuevas vías para la transparencia.
Tired of unanswered questions and fragmented information, Janel King and fellow residents are creating new paths to transparency in Berwyn.
El hip-hop de Memphis volvió a la vida en la parada de Key Glock en Chicago.
Memphis hip-hop came alive at Key Glock's Chicago tour stop.
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