Families of some of the victims of violent crime in Chicago say that although it's been a largely intractable problem for the ...

“History shows us that repression always breeds resistance," says Chicago organizer Miguel Alvelo Rivera. Truthout is a vital ...

President Donald Trump has amplified his promises to send National Guard troops and immigration agents to Chicago by posting ...

Taste of Chicago will return to Grant Park for the 45th consecutive year this weekend. Operating from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily, Taste of Chicago will take over Grant Park Sept. 5-7. Stream NBC 5 for ...

Both rulings turned on a 2021 law that raised the standard of evidence for proving that someone broke a law as part of “criminal street gang activity.” In different ways, the Supreme Court chose to ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday justified the lethal military strike that his administration said was carried out a day earlier against a Venezuelan gang as a necessary effort by ...

Chicago Flips Red founder Zoe Leigh blasted city and state leaders Wednesday for rejecting President Trump’s offer of federal help as violence continues to grip the Windy City. "Yesterday, what you ...

When "Sesame Street" was created in 1969, it was a test - could television teach children? The program was developed with lower-income families in mind, and the set was meant to represent a block in ...

When President Nayib Bukele announced a sweeping “state of exception” in El Salvador in March 2022, he promised an end to the country’s long-standing nightmare: the grip of brutal street gangs like MS ...

Chicago radio great Kevin Matthews joins WGN Radio’s Dave Plier to talk about his radio days and his upcoming documentary, ‘Broken Mary,’ premiering October 7th, 2025. Jim Shorts also joins in to talk ...

1880: Rome designated the Diocese of Chicago an archdiocese, raising it to preeminence among all dioceses in the region and established Bishop Patrick Feehan as the city’s first archbishop. In a ...