Chicago nonprofits are helping SNAP recipients navigate new work requirements and access volunteer opportunities, meals, and other essential services amid federal benefit changes. Confusion Amid SNAP ...

This content is made possible through TCR’s Student Voices series, made possible through our partnership with Truman College and the Uptown Exchange. The assassination of conservative activist Charlie ...

When video of Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke shooting 17-year-old Laquan McDonald finally surfaced in November 2015, ...

Nearly sixty years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. issued a stark warning: “We must face the hard fact that many Americans would like to have a nation which is a democracy for white Americans, but ...

New SNAP work requirements in Illinois could leave hundreds of thousands without benefits, strain food pantries, and increase food insecurity, affecting families and children across local communities.

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The altar at “A Day of Remembrance” memorializes George Floyd and others who lost their lives to violence. It was constructed by artist Sonja Henderson and florist John Pendleton. (Photo/Sara Cooper) ...

The Uptown Farmers Market has been open since May every Wednesday, 2:30 to 7 p.m., and through rain or shine, heat and humidity, it has become a destination for people to buy fresh local produce, ...