The suits who run Chicago Public Schools never would have tried the stunts they recently pulled at Chicago's Social Justice High School had it been a largely white, middle-class school on the city's Northwest Side.

Calling for an end to the deadly and costly pollution from the Fisk and Crawford plants on the west side of Chicago, neighborhood families supporters posted photos of their affected children, elderly and businesses at City Hall.

The struggle against Fisk and Crawford power plants has been ongoing for decades. Today the issue has effectively perked the ears of politicians. How influenced were they by the rapid gentrification of Pilsen?

The stretch of 26th Street that makes the heart of Chicago's Little Village neighborhood is vibrant on a Friday night. The smell of taco stands is war...

Rahm Emanuel has been traveling to different parts of the city in recent weeks, meeting residents and talking about his mayoral plans. Today, he was i...

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First Lady Michelle Obama is in Mexico this week to launch an international agenda that's about inspiring young people around the world to become civi...

Pilsen has its charms and all, but I've never lived there, gone to school there or spent much time there, like the overwhelming majority of the approximately 800,000 Chicago Latinos.

U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald is defending his office against criticism that he targets minority communities in Chicago. Federal prosecutors annou...

A day after federal authorities announced a broad sweep that resulted in the arrest of dozens of immigrants here illegally, prosecutors said 21 peopl...

What kind of world will we leave behind for our children? What can we as parents do to ensure our children do not suffer the health effects of dangerous air quality and industry and government negligence?

For years environmental advocates have been trying to get the coal-burning power plants in Pilsen and Little Village to close down or clean up, citing...

Imagine a block party that goes on for miles. That's how advocates see "Sunday Parkways," which will shut off a network of inner-city boulevards to c...