People rally in Chicago’s Federal Plaza on Wednesday to stop the Trump administration’s funding freeze, heralded by brazen actions from billionaire Elon Musk. Demonstrators gathered in ...

People spoke about their fears this week while making posters and plans for an anti-immigrant deportation rally to be held ...

Families moved states to keep access to gender-affirming care, only for hospitals to stop providing it when Trump took office ...

The final panel session featured UChicago scholars Adam Green, David Keith, Rochona Majumdar and Deborah L. Nelson. They ...

Hundreds of protesters gathered in front of the Illinois State Capitol Wednesday to protest President Donald Trump's administration and Elon Musk.

Power move: Republicans have little weight in Springfield, but their walkout grated on Democrats who accused them of shirking their jobs to represent constituents.

The intensity of the protests and the diversity of the groups involved reflect a growing concern about the direction of the ...

An LGBTQ+ advocacy group is suing the Trump administration over President Donald Trump's executive order that seeks to end gender-affirming care for minors. In the lawsuit filed this week, an Illinois ...

Jewish organizations are brainstorming how they can help immigrants and refugees at a time when the new president is moving swiftly against them.

Chicago has reached a tentative $1.25 million settlement with the family of Dexter Reed, a man fatally shot by police in 2024.

Several school districts and the Massachusetts attorney general issued guidance on how schools should react if approached by ICE agents.

The Illinois Labor Relations Board has twice ruled that the city violated employees' collective bargaining rights by failing ...