After implementing a contribute-what-you-can model last year, new and veteran artist make up a growing and diverse student ...

As housing prices skyrocket in a gentrifying Chicago neighborhood, living in the family home is one way for young Latino ...

After hundreds of complaints, citations, and a class-action settlement, city inspectors’ notes show instances where MAT ...

Artists on the South and West sides rely on free or subsidized community housing and the support of mission-driven arts ...

Ante el aumento vertiginoso de los precios de la vivienda en un barrio en proceso de gentrificación, vivir en la casa ...

The City Council’s Latino Caucus was “deeply disappointed” by Mayor Brandon Johnson and Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling after a June 11 meeting about the police department’s response to ...

Getting free together Reflecting on the many parties and activations Party Noire has hosted across the city of Chicago and beyond, alder returns to one of the first night parties the collective hosted ...

It’s a rollercoaster ride doing organizing work and often you find yourself becoming quite cynical after experiencing so much loss and grief. It’s easy to put yourself on autopilot, floating by in a ...

With SSCAC’s status as a Chicago Landmark and a designated National Treasure by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the best option was a rehabilitation and expansion approach to increase ...

Growing up in Chicago, the South Side was my playground. And Englewood, where my family lived for three generations, was home base. Playing at Hamilton Park and swimming at Kennedy-King College filled ...

The Underground Railroad was neither a railroad nor was it underground. It was a secret network led by people that included free Black and anti-slavery white people who helped escaped slaves, or ...