When Clarissa Aljentera wanted to teach her 6-year-old son about the impact of Filipinos in Chicago, she ended up in what ...

In the past few days, police have arrested suspects in two of Chicago’s most horrific murder cases last year. Arrested Friday was Deron Wolfe, 19, who was charged with first-degree murder and armed ...

A second man accused in the fatal shooting of two Chicago high school students in the Loop last year is now facing felony charges. Chicago police said 20-year-old James Allison, a ...

A churro shop in Pilsen closed its doors yesterday. So did a Mexican grocer in Chicago Heights. The owner of several Mexican restaurants in Elgin, himself the son of immigrants, shut his business for ...

Sometimes, dignity can come with something as simple as a name tag. In 1925, dignity came for the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car ...

Tommie Coleman, charged in the murders of two teenage high school students early last year, was identified in part due to ...

Frustrated that the American Railway Union had refused to accept Black railway workers, which by 1925 had swelled to more that 10,000 porters, Randolph led a push to form the Brotherhood of Sleeping ...

A host of tributes across America recognize the achievements of pioneering Black union leader A. Philip Randolph — his ...

Beginning February 1, schools, museums and communities across the nation marked the start of a Black History Month.

Tommie Coleman, 22, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder and one count each of attempted murder, aggravated discharge of a firearm and unlawful use of a weapon by a convicted felon. Judge ...

A century ago this year, on Aug. 25, 1925, 500 Pullman Co. railroad porters secretly gathered in New York City’s Harlem for a ...

There are numerous attractions in Chicago, including museums, architecture, parks, and iconic food that can keep visitors ...