A version of this story was first published in the July 2, 2025 issue of the Newswire, an email newsletter that is your ...

They came to Chicago for safety and community. But increased anti-trans attacks and policy from President Donald Trump’s ...

— Ald. Angela Clay (46th Ward) speaking against the snap curfew, urging her colleagues to hear young Chicagoan’s opinions on ...

‘Everything keeps getting more expensive’ For Graham, moving from her hometown of Milwaukee to Chicago was a risk in order to invest in her artistic goals in her “dream city,” she said. She shares a ...

‘The minute that home gets lost, it creates a gap’ Siblings Alejandro Reyes, 20, and Leslie Ocampo, 19, have lived in Pilsen since they were kids. They now live with their younger brother, Kevin ...

A Changing Tide Incarcerated people represent a broad spectrum of political leanings. The Marshall Project surveyed incarcerated people during the 2020 and 2024 election cycles to learn more about ...

Susceptibility, COVID Transmission & Long COVID In early 2024, the CDC and World Health Organization designated COVID-19 an airborne virus. Aerosols can linger for hours in the air, particularly in ...

Sociologist Ray Oldenburg first coined the term third spaces to describe physical places outside of home, work and school where people can connect in the late 1980s. Its popularity began to surge more ...

His fellow dancer Brad, 28, decided to try go-go dancing after a rideshare driver confided he did it on the side and made good money. “Even more than money, what I like about it is that it’s an ...

Trespassing arrests are a risk migrant day laborers increasingly face in Chicago as they maneuver the challenge of obtaining legal work authorization — a process that typically takes at least six ...