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What’s it like to ride the rails from Chicago to Miami?
Wanna get away? Then you might be jealous of Ellery Jones. The Sun-Times journalist traveled to Miami this week on Amtrak's temporary Floridian r…
1 year, 10 months ago
Pitchfork’s abrupt exit from Chicago seen as a ‘loss’ for music community
The Pitchfork Music Festival announced yesterday that the 2025 edition won’t be held in Chicago. This comes as a big surprise to Chicago’s music s…
1 year, 10 months ago
Actor Jon Michael Hill on playing the mythological bluesman Robert Johnson
Local actor Jon Michael Hill has had a busy year. This spring, he appeared in the Netflix series A Man in Full and starred in Steppenwolf’s B…
1 year, 10 months ago
What could a second Trump term mean for housing in Chicago and Illinois?
President-elect Donald Trump has been light on details for his housing agenda. But his former housing secretary Ben Carson wrote the housing port…
1 year, 10 months ago
In last week’s general election, president-elect Donald Trump won more votes from Latinos than he did in 2020
In last week’s general election, president-elect Donald Trump won more votes from Latinos than he did in 2020. And that includes Latinos here in …
1 year, 10 months ago
Federal prosecutors continue to present their corruption case against former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and co-defendant Michael McClain
This week concluded with dramatic testimony from a government informant who wore a wire and made many secret recordings that were played at trial. …
1 year, 10 months ago
What to expect from Chicago's new school board
Ahead of Tuesday’s election, it wasn’t clear if Chicago’s just appointed school board members could stay on past January. That’s when a new, part…
1 year, 10 months ago
He spent three decades in Illinois prisons. This week he voted for the first time.
That’s Joel Davis. He spent more than three decades in Illinois prisons, where he lost his right to vote. But he was released this year. And…
1 year, 10 months ago
Chicago’s immigrant rights community building 'deportation defense infrastructure'
Ahead of a second Trump term, lawmakers, attorneys and organizers aim to preserve Chicago’s sanctuary status and protect immigrant rights. Reporter: …
1 year, 10 months ago
After four wrongful decades in prison, Stanley Howard votes for the first time
Lots of people had to wait in some pretty long lines to cast their ballots in this week’s election. But one south suburban man has been waiting to…
1 year, 10 months ago