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These Chicago background vocalists have helped the likes of Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, and Otis Clay sound their best. Here their own voices take center stage.

Enrique Limón is out and Managing Editor Salem Collo-Julin takes over the top newsroom post at the alternative newspaper.

Eleven publishers were after Duel, the debut middle grade graphic novel by husband-and-wife team Jessixa Bagley and Aaron Bagley.

Musician and composer David Grubbs collaborates with improvisatory artists—including C. Spencer Yeh—to attain an unrepeatable quality on his new album,…

The Moth is a nonprofit organization that builds empathy through live and virtual storytelling shows, open-mic storytelling events, The Moth Radio Hour, The Moth Podcast and storytelling workshops.

Many community organizers won seats in new police councils, while the mayoral race produced a high-contrast runoff between the police union-endorsed Paul Vallas and the left-leaning Brandon Johnson.

Chicago voters have the historic opportunity to assert democratic accountability over the Chicago police department in the upcoming Feb. 28 municipal elections when they elect local representatives to deal with policing issues in the city’s police precincts.

The embattled mayor—often blamed for the city’s high crime and low morale—has presided over many crises, not all of her own making. Can she win a second term?

Many Black directors' works were not supported by Hollywood like white directors.

Many Black directors' works were not supported by Hollywood like white directors.