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UIC faculty, students decry proposal to cut language classes
At the University of Illinois Chicago, students who grew up speaking Spanish can take classes to learn how to read and write in the language — and ho…
1 year, 5 months ago
Gun turned over to Chicago police wound up in the hands of a teenager
Over the last two decades, Chicago police have taken in 35 thousand weapons at gun buybacks. And sometimes, the guns taken into police possession… go…
1 year, 6 months ago
Illinois home insurance prices jumped 50% in three years — second-highest in the country, study shows
A new study finds that Illinois homeowners on average paid almost $1,000 more on their home insurance in 2024 than they did three years ago. We’ll br…
1 year, 6 months ago
New National Public Housing Museum in Chicago tells the story of residents
Twenty years ago, when many of Chicago’s public housing apartments were being torn down after years of neglect, some former residents rallied to pres…
1 year, 6 months ago
Chicago’s murder drop ‘mirrors a lot of big cities,’ a leading crime data analyst says
Chicago finished the first quarter of the year with 96 murders. That’s down more than 15 percent from the first three months of last year. New …
1 year, 6 months ago
CTU bargainers approve tentative contract deal. Here’s what you need to know.
It now moves to a group of 700-plus elected CTU representatives who will decide whether to recommend that all members ratify it. CTU President Sta…
1 year, 6 months ago
An exhibit at the Field Museum explores Chicago’s African fashion scene
An exhibit at the Field Museum explores Chicago’s African fashion scene through clothing inspired by objects in the museum's collections. Connect…
1 year, 6 months ago
We asked hundreds of people in Illinois prisons how they define ‘rehabilitation’
Illinois prisons punish people who get convicted of crimes. But the state Constitution says criminal penalties should also be “restoring” them to …
1 year, 6 months ago
When WWII’s ‘Invisible Spy’ visited Chicago’s Art Institute with James Bond creator Ian Fleming
A new book from former Chicago Sun-Times reporter Thomas Maier explores the life of America’s first World War 2 spy. Ernest Cuneo was a former NFL…
1 year, 6 months ago
Prisoncast!: How locked-up Illinoians think about ‘rehabilitation’ | PRISONCAST B1
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1 year, 6 months ago