View of the Obama Presidential Center's campus from the Sky Room located on the eighth floor of the museum on June 3, 2026. Credit: James Hoeck After a joyous opening over Juneteenth weekend, the ...

The Ayodele Drum & Dance group performs on the plaza of the Obama Center during its opening day on Juneteenth, June 19, 2026. Holding residency on the South Side of Chicago, Ayodele Drum & Dance ...

On April 29, 2026, the Supreme Court ruled that Louisiana enacted an unconstitutional racial gerrymander when drawing its 2024 congressional map, which created a second majority-Black district to ...

he Obama Presidential Center opened its doors to the public in Jackson Park over the weekend of June 19-21, after hosting a private opening ceremony streamed to the public and at Midway Plaisance Park ...

This is post 1 of 6 in the series “FIRSTHAND: SEGREGATION” Chicago is one of the most segregated cities in the United States. Over the last century, an array of political and cultural forces have ...

Some opposition to the pedestrian and cyclist safety improvements have been coordinated by the politically connected pro-charter school Urban Center and attempts to unseat the local alder and mayor. A ...

During the summer of 1997 my family moved from Gage Park to the Scottsdale neighborhood on Chicago’s far Southwest Side. Twenty years before my family became one of the first Mexican families on the ...

This investigation is the first in a series of projects that will document and explore public housing on the South Side. If you have tips or suggestions about coverage, email ...

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing. The 150-unit apartment building at 7500 S ...

At the corner of Ada and Taylor Streets, where the wind whips between century-old brick and modern glass, the grand opening of the National Public Housing Museum (NPHM) drew an eager assembly in April ...

The White Sox are asking for a billion-dollar ballpark. But is it a good deal for the South Side? Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf wants to move the team from its current park (pictured) to a new location, ...

Chicago's Rainbow Coalition. Photo courtesy of Cha-Cha Jimenez. Chicago-style coalition-building helped to produce the first Black mayor of Chicago and put its first Latinx representatives in office.