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Advocates are suing the Chicago Housing Authority over plans to lease a former affordable housing site to the Chicago Fire Soccer Club.

Some workers at Chicago's Kinzie Hotel plan to protest on Labor Day what they say is illegal retaliation.

A hit-and-run in Uptown that killed 69-year-old Soyfa Athamanah reignited the call for safety changes at Broadway and Winona.

A Jackson Park Hospital nurses' union picketed near 75th Street and Stoney Island Avenue Tuesday, alleging a staffing crisis.

The #FreeOurPeople Rally for the Wrongfully Convicted steps off in September at Harlem and Grand. The La Matriz Bakery owner is promoting the protest.

Catholic Church sex abuse survivors are calling for more transparency from Archdiocese of Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich.

A number of Chicago residents stood together in the Little Village neighborhood Sunday, pleading for the city to reinstate its COVID-19 mask mandate to prevent...

George Floyd: City prepares for murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, Black Chicagoans hopeful for justice Share: People took to the streets and there was unrest in some cities. With jury selection underway for Derek Chauvin trial, many Black Chicagoans are trying to be hopeful that Floyd will get justice. But they have been down this road before. "During these trials I think me and most Black folks expect very little for the injustice system but are usually still od...

Chicago Police Department leadership “failed” both the public and its own officers in its response to protests and unrest following the death of George...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Protesters gathered across the country including at the McKinley Park Fieldhouse in Chicago Sunday. The protests called for measures to be taken to address the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. According to a statement from the Act Now to Stop War and End Racism Coalition, the movement demanded the government cancel rents and mortgages for renters, homeowners, small businesses and small landlords. "Working class people are building a movement to hold the government a...