In February, you can celebrate Black History Month with a variety of WTTW programming that explores the political, artistic, ...

After getting a master’s in speech from Northwestern, he worked on the campaigns of Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and Illinois Sen. Paul Simon before joining the Clinton presidential campaign ...

Virginia McCaskey, who inherited the Chicago Bears from her father, George Halas, but avoided the spotlight during four-plus ...

The daughter of the Bears founder and football pioneer George Halas, she witnessed much of N.F.L. history from a young age, ...

Over the past decade, the job description for the mayor of Chicago has included a new duty: responding to Donald Trump. The question before Brandon Johnson is, how does the freshman mayor come out ...

David K. Nelson Jr., a student at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, displayed his painting “Mirth & Girth” — which ...

The mayor of Chicago, Brandon Johnson, is facing accusations he received luxury gifts without properly reporting them and then blocked the city’s inspector general from entering the room where they ...

Coming off a bruising budget season, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson will spend the next few months trying to claw back revenue from the state, spark a new funding stream for the city by taxing hemp ...

Devotee, aficionado, superfan — Richard Eisenhardt reached these heights and went beyond in two Chicago staples that don’t necessarily draw much overlap. The Chicago Blackhawks. And theater ...

The same law that established Chicago’s elected School Board also requires Mayor Brandon Johnson to appoint members to a noncitizen advisory board, creating a pathway for families who lack the ...

For 15 years, former Dearborn Mayor John "Jack" O'Reilly Jr. led the city through economic challenges and demographic changes. On a sunny Saturday afternoon, his legacy was remembered by residents ...

The Chicago White Sox and Cincinnati Reds were deep in discussions, dangling the prospect of adding Robert to Cincinnati’s youthful and dynamic core. Edwin Arroyo, a Reds infield prospect with ...