Since beginning his second term in January, President Donald Trump has put into place many executive orders with an overwhelming amount focusing around climate change.  Most recently, Trump has pushed...

The Chicago Reader, operating as a board-governed, unionized nonprofit, provides free news coverage for the Chicagoland community. Founded in October of 1971, the Chicago Reader’s focus has always been...

A chorus of chants calling for solidarity and accountability rang out in the streets of the Illinois Medical District on a particularly brisk afternoon this past Thursday. Around 100 transgender students...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order banning transgender athletes from women’s sports Feb. 5, which was also National Women and Girls in Sports Day.  “The radical left has waged an...

President Trump has had a busy couple weeks back in office, signing dozens of executive orders impacting everything from immigration and citizenship to climate change and health care.  Prior to taking...

In 2024, Kit Kresky was a teacher for the sixth grade at an alternative school for children who had previously exhibited behavioral issues. This school was a standard, licensed public school in the state...

In a memo released Monday night, the White House Office of Management and Budget announced that it was pausing federal grants and loans effective 5 p.m. on Tuesday, less than 24 hours after it was signed.  The...

Miguel Cardona departed the Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education building in Washington for the last time as Secretary of Education on Jan. 17. That was just three days before President Donald...

Though temporarily shut down Jan. 18 in anticipation of a Jan. 19 federal ban, TikTok has restored service in the United States. The move came after NBC reported that former President Biden said he...

New cases of the H5N1 avian influenza, bird flu, have appeared across the country, most recently at an egg farm in Missouri. Last December, the first severe case of bird flu was confirmed in a patient...

The Federal Transit Administration officially signed an agreement with the Chicago Transit Authority this month, securing $1.9 billion for the Red Line Extension on the city’s South Side. The extension...

Fred Basserman pushed his merch cart against the cold wind, sporting one of his own hats to keep his red nose warm. Loaded with Trump-themed hats, pins, flags and magnets, he moved down the streets of...