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Illinois colleges failing to protect immigrant students despite new law
Illinois passed a law last year that requires public colleges and universities to establish protocols for what to do if immigration agents come on ca…
2 weeks, 6 days ago
Sueños returns in 2026
Memorial Day is Monday.
And the long weekend kicks off the summer fest season in Chicago.
Sueños Music Festival is back for its fifth year in Grant P…
3 weeks ago
What did America sound like in 1776? Chicago musicians go sleuthing.
The Declaration of Independence turns 250 this summer.
Commemorations are beginning to sweep the performing arts world, including one by a Chicago g…
3 weeks, 2 days ago
Hurray For The Riff Raff breaks down new live album recorded in Chicago
Singer-songwriter Alynda Segarra has carved out a space as a leading voice in modern folk music.
And the singer-songwriter recently found a home righ…
4 weeks ago
FX's ‘The Bear’ puts spotlight on Gary’s hot dog champ Koney King
Hot dogs are not just a Chicago thing.
They’re very much a Gary, Indiana thing too.
And now the smash-hit TV show “The Bear” is putting a spotlight o…
4 weeks, 1 day ago
A time machine of Chicago concerts is now online
For decades, Aadam Jacobs obsessively documented Chicago’s indie rock scene. He was a fixture at local venues, recording shows religiously in the …
4 weeks, 1 day ago
Behind Cook County’s wrongful convictions, a sociologist finds entrenched police racism
Cook County is known as the wrongful-conviction capital of America.
The National Registry of Exonerations lists 215 murder cases cleared here since 19…
4 weeks, 2 days ago
Chicago area rapid responders are changing the way they face up to ICE
A calm has returned to Chicago this spring. Groups of U.S. Border Patrol agents are no longer making surprise visits to Michigan Avenue or marchi…
4 weeks, 2 days ago
Recapping the Bears stadium saga five years in
The Chicago Bears’ search for a new stadium is now approaching five years. It seems like a resolution may be coming soon. But many question marks …
1 month ago
Kilbourn Park bets big on native plants for Mother’s Day plant sale
The popular annual Kilbourn Park plant sale on Chicago’s north west side is celebrating its 30th anniversary this weekend with over 15,000 plants for…
1 month ago