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NANCY cartoonist Olivia Jaimes announces hiatus with a cavalcade of guests holding down the fort

Four of the major category winners of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize represent small nonprofit newsrooms, including "Missing in Chicago" by Trina Reynolds-Tyler and Sarah Conway, "Beneath the Surface" by the Invisible Institute and City Bureau, "American Icon" by The Washington Post and the catastrophic flooding and mudslide breaking news coverage by Lookout Santa Cruz. These investigations and reporting efforts have shed light on missing Black women and girls, the impact ...

The insects have been hibernating for 17 years.

Tim McAllister, Andrew Bishop, and Hae Won Jang will begin teaching IAA students in fall 2024.

For years, the political establishment opportunistically railed against sex trafficking and ads on Backpage.com. Then came another conspiracy theory.

Black and Brown sex workers have long been part of Chicago’s culture but must care for each other when the community fails to do so.

In "Texas Hold Em," the singer is accompanied by a banjo. Its often thought of as a quintessential Americana instrument. But the history of the banjo tells a different story.

The Brewery Arts Center continues an unforgettable summer of free outdoor music under the stars in Carson City this Saturday when soul and pop giant Remember Jones takes the downtown Minnesota Street stage.

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, a fixture of progressive politics on Capitol Hill, announced Tuesday his endorsement of Chicago Teachers Union organizer Graciela Guzmán in a hotly contested Democratic primary race for an Illinois Senate seat on the city’s North and Northwest sides. “Graciela will stand up to the political and economic establishment, fight for housing justice, and serve as a fierce ...

Revitalize your playlists this spring with artists on the ascent.