SPRINGFIELD — Freshman state Rep. Amy Grant, R-Wheaton, apologized Monday, Sept. 21 after making disparaging comments in a recorded phone call about her opponent, Ken Mejia-Beal,…
SPRINGFIELD — In 1968, President Lyndon Johnson appointed a commission to investigate the causes of race riots in the U.S. and to offer recommendations for the future. While its full…
A diverse crowd of more than 100 people turned out for a recent public forum on the ongoing legacy of racism and its impact on Peoria at the Illinois Central College Peoria campus….
A longtime former employee of the Village of Oak Park last week sued the village for retaliatory firing for whistleblowing after she said she and her lawyer told supervisors that money…
SPRINGFIELD — Daily demonstrations held across Illinois and the U.S. calling for an end to systemic racism are bittersweet, according to state Rep. Curtis Tarver. Public outcry after…
When meeting the youngest member of the “Little Rock Nine,” who served as symbols of the Civil Rights Movement, Hinsdale Central student Giselle Castaneda couldn’t hold back the…
Two Chicago-area museums are cooperating to stoke interest in the landmark 1936 Berlin Olympics on its 80th anniversary. A Washington, D.C.-originated exhibit on the Olympics just opened…
McHenry man charged with residential ...A McHenry man was charged with three felonies and two misdemeanors involving ...
Pritzker defends Illinois’ immigration lawsGov. J.B. Pritzker spent hours Thursday defending his governing record and Illinois’ ...
Man charged in Chicago officer’s ...A Freeport man is being held in Cook County Jail in connection ...
Food Bank fills gap with ...With schools closed for the summer, the Geneva-based Northern Illinois Food Bank ...
