Texts from Mayor Brandon Johnson paint a picture of a freshman executive entrenching further into his identity as a Black mayor.

Incumbent Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin, a GOP governor candidate in 2022, is facing reelection opposition from Illinois ...

With poll ratings in the single digits, Johnson made another stop on his rehabilitation tour with Black voters. The forum ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson did the thing nearly every Chicagoan does whenever people — especially those who aren’t from here — start talking mess about the c ...

Peggy Montes started the Bronzeville Children's Museum, worked to elect Mayor Harold Washington and seeks to empower, inspire ...

Meanwhile, there is still no teachers' strike on the horizon. But after 11 months of negotiating a new deal, Chicago Teachers ...

Former Democratic Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel ripped the Chicago ... He asked in 2023 why no one seems to be addressing Black-on-Black crime in the city. "Why doesn't anybody talk about that?

Former Democratic Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel ripped the Chicago ... He asked in 2023 why no one seems to be addressing Black-on-Black crime in the city. “Why doesn’t anybody talk about that?

Alderman and Vice Mayor Walter Burnett ... Great Again” helmet and said Black people are against illegal immigration. “Do not forget that we in Chicago do not support sanctuary cities ...

On New Year’s Day, Mayor Brandon Johnson welcomed 2025 by reminding Chicago leaders of the headwinds Black politicians like him face. The mayor sent a Crusader piece from last October titled ...