Brandon Johnson’s promise to make $1 billion worth of “investments in people,” makes it tough to imagine him moving a new Chicago Bears stadium to the top of his “to do” list.
The film ponders what the immigration experience does to a child and pushes viewers to think about how our environments shape us.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker has traveled the state this week to tout the budget’s funding of his Smart Start initiative, a focal point of his 2024 budget aimed at improving access to preschool, increasing funding for child care providers and investing in early childhood facilities.
Gun violence survivors and grieving families are helping Cecilia Mannion, profiled in WBEZ’s Motive podcast, as her health struggles mount.
The Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ spent months investigating how the closing of 50 schools in 2013 — the nation’s largest number of public schools shuttered in a single action — changed the city, the school system, the children and their families.
We find out what happened to schools that absorbed students from the 50 schools that Chicago closed in 2013 as part of an on-going investigation by WBEZ and the Chicago Sun-Times.
Asian American college applicants have been cast as victims of affirmative action, often unwillingly, a researcher and activist tells WBEZ.
The Pritzker fundraiser is expected to draw the Chicago area’s top Democratic donors. The Biden team plans other fundraisers to top off coffers before the end of June.
After a trio of tragic crashes last summer, parents say their vigilance and activism is in high gear.
More than 687,000 Illinois residents filed valid claims that their photo appeared on Google Photos between May 1, 2015, and April 25, 2022, in violation of state privacy laws.
Chicago is one of 19 metro areas across the U.S. taking part in the study of extreme heat in urban areas.
A Chicago chef won the emerging category. The Chicago ceremony was hosted by chefs Eric Adjepong, Esther Choi, Andrew Zimmern and Top Chef judge Gail Simmons.
Several in the group of about 40 vendors have tried different means of remaining in business after their half of the mall shuttered, but business isn’t the same and they feel isolated without one another.
Patrick Hanlon — who worked for Circuit Court Clerk Iris Martinez — resigned recently and was later charged in federal court.
Three Filipino restaurants — including Chicago’s Kasama — in three different parts of the U.S. are among the nominees at this year’s James Beard Awards.
The semiaquatic Spinosaurus, which lived about 95 million years ago, is 46 feet long.
We’re calling it an “adventure pairing” — a hike that ends with a cold brew at a great regional brewery. All our picks are under a three-hour drive from Chicago.
Some of the pop artist’s best-known works go on display at Cleve Carney Museum.
In the 1960s and ’70s, martial arts schools in Chicago were locked in bloody rivalries. The man at their center was known as Count Dante.
If you aren’t one of the lucky ones who snagged tickets, or you are and want to start the party early, here are a few ways you can celebrate this week.
Examining the places we stay and what keeps us there, plus we’re joined by travel blogger and beauty strategist Shadai Brunjes.
Billionaire James Crown is asking CEOs to find jobs for thousands of people in the most dangerous parts of Chicago in an effort to cut the city’s murders to fewer than 400 a year within five years.
