Hate crimes and discrimination against Asian Americans are rising at a high rate, largely due to harmful anti-Asian ideologies.
Chicago has the fifth-largest Asian American population in the U.S., while...
The Chicago Bird Collision Monitors (CBCM) is seeking volunteers to walk routes in search of injured birds that may have flown into the city’s tall downtown buildings.
CBCM is a nonprofit organization...
Beginning March 10, a new COVID-19 vaccination site at the United Center will vaccinate 6,000 people a day.
More than 100,000 appointments opened this week, with more coming soon, as the site is...
The Lincoln Park neighborhood’s atmosphere was empty after March 2020 when DePaul emptied its campus and sent students home to limit the spread of Covid-19. As students went away, local restaurants suffered.
“When...
Activists are demanding answers surrounding Heartland Alliance’s Covid-19 protocols after an outbreak infected 42 people last April – reportedly the largest outbreak of the virus at any shelter for...
As temperatures in Chicago plummeted last month, Uber and rideshare prices soared.
On Feb. 15, after a storm swept Illinois with a sheet of snow, Governor J.B. Pritzker issued a disaster proclamation,...
This weekend Chicago temperatures reached 54 degrees following weeks of bitter cold and heavy snowfall. In the weeks prior, some areas of Chicago got as much as 18 inches of snowfall.
The...
As Latino and Black Chicagoans continue to experience the highest Covid-19 death rates in the city, they are receiving vaccinations at the lowest rate.
The Chicago Public Health Department (CDPH)...
The Chicago Police Department suspended controversial union president John Catanzara from the city’s police force and stripped him of pay for at least the next 30 days. He is currently awaiting a decision...
Seventy-eight local and national organizations wrote a letter on Feb. 1 to the Chicago Police Board and Mayor Lori Lightfoot calling for the removal of the city’s Fraternal Order of Police President...
Governor J.B. Pritzker said at a DePaul student media press conference that college students will have to wait a while longer before receiving the Covid-19 vaccine.
The governor held the conference...
Chicago is in phase 1B of vaccine distribution as of Jan. 25 — and unless included as a front-line essential worker, college students are not covered in the new phase. Phase 1B entails vaccination eligibility...
