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Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker declared gun violence a public health crisis on Monday, saying $250 million in state and federal money will be directed toward the…
The Rev. Jesse Jackson was hospitalized Monday in Washington, D.C. after falling and hitting his head while helping Howard University students who are protesting living conditions…
Chicago’s public school system has seen another enrollment drop with 10,000 fewer students this academic year since last year for a total of approximately 330,000 students.…
Police said Monday that a shooting at a suburban Chicago Halloween party that left two people dead and at least nine others injured appeared to be…
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) _ Former President Barack Obama’s presidential center will move another step closer to its brick-and-mortar future next week when…
By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) _ The Rev. Jesse Jackson, and his wife, Jacqueline, remained under doctors’ observation Sunday at a Chicago hospital and…
A day-by-day, year-by-year dig into the archives of the Chicago Reader, 1971-2021. All leading up to our 50th anniversary in October.
Anna Jo Beck Warning: This story contains descriptions of physical, sexual, and police violence. Dear Maya, Blessed life to you and yours, always. And I pray…
It’s sad but true that we’re never so much appreciated as when we’re newly dead. Especially if the death is sudden and unexpected. Three months ago,…
On July 27, Governor J.B. Pritzker repealed the state’s 32-year-old HIV criminalization statute—a law that overwhelmingly impacted Black people in Cook County—making Illinois just the second…