By a 60%-to-27% margin, Americans said they thought Trump would go down as either one of the worst presidents in history or below average. President-elect Joe Biden is viewed more positively.
On Chicago’s South Side, the distinctly modern Liberty Baptist Church played a fascinating role in the Republican party’s flirtation with civil rights leadership in 1960.
The incoming president has some towering promises to keep against the backdrop of the pandemic and searing national division.
Read continuing coverage of how COVID-19 is affecting Illinois.
Even when controlling for politics, research shows rural residents are less likely to want a vaccine than urban and suburban dwellers.
Ahead of soon-to-be former President Trump’s Senate trial, constitutional scholars disagree on whether the Founders intended for a president no longer in office to be tried by the Senate.
Keeping a physical distance from other humans is more critical than ever in the pandemic, with COVID-19 cases surging and more contagious variants spreading. Yet humans are not very good at it.
Thousands have been waiting in limbo because of the pandemic, but employees are scared that resuming trials could put them in danger.
Music teacher Duane Davis, 74, talks to his former student, Brooke Zino, 29, about a universal challenge: overcoming self-doubt.
While some families were relieved to be back, opposition continues as the first COVID-19 cases crop up in reopened schools.
The governor says he’ll activate 250 soldiers to protect the Springfield Capitol from the potential for armed violence ahead of Wednesday’s presidential inauguration.
The story of Irish-American draft resisters, African-Americans who defied the odds to fight, and women who found ways to support the war.
