Explore the rich cultural heritage of Chicago's South Side, from the Great Migration to its enduring impact on culture, music ...

The Sun-Times reviewed the policies of 15 major Illinois-based public companies and found some changed their policies and others won't discuss them amid what experts blame on fears of being sued.

CBS Chicago highlights stories that celebrate the theme for Black History Month 2025: African Americans and labor.

“It’s still legal to pursue diversity,” Sonja Starr, a law professor at the University of Chicago ... SAT scores to keep demographics constant without considering race.

President Donald Trump is threatening sanctuary localities, such as Chicago and Illinois ... WBEZ: The nation’s undocumented immigrant population has increased in recent years.

The threat of immigration enforcement in schools is causing fear and anxiety for immigrant students, including Black children of mixed-status families. Schools must take a stand to protect them.

“It’s still legal to pursue diversity,” Sonja Starr, a law professor at the University of Chicago, told me ... lower their average SAT scores to keep demographics constant without considering race.

The alliance, which challenges programs that use race or ethnicity as a factor in ... allow it to consider this year’s applicants. The Chicago company said more than 3,000 students have already ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote a famous book under the title Why We Can’t Wait.  Besides addressing the crime of slavery ...

Cole’s impact extended beyond the realm of music. In 1956, he became the first African American to host a national network television show, “The Nat King Cole Show.” This was a groundbreaking moment, ...

A federal lawsuit reviewed by Newsweek alleges that a company involved in constructing the Obama Presidential Center subjected a Chicago-based ... closure because of racial discrimination by ...

U.S. Rep. Kweisi Mfume, a Maryland Democrat, said he feared Duffy’s directives would harm some grants already announced — including $85 million awarded to Baltimore in the final weeks of the Biden ...