Jens Ludwig, director of the University of Chicago Crime Lab, is the author of the forthcoming book “Unforgiving Places: The ...

Pedro Martinez, the superintendent of Chicago Public Schools, is on track to become Massachusetts's next education ...

Granny flats and basement dwellings could help with housing affordability, but Chicago’s outdated zoning rules make them ...

The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education in Massachusetts could soon have a new commissioner. State education ...

Cuts to SNAP would be detrimental to the emergency food system in Illinois, including food pantries and food banks.

In Illinois, the problem is more pronounced. In 2000, 6.8% of Illinoisans were on SNAP. Today, 15.1% of Illinoisans are on ...

As a Black teenager growing up in Boston, Wayne Lucas vividly remembers joining some 20,000 people to hear the Rev. Martin ...

Board Member Ericka Fisher, of Worcester, lauded that Martinez was “able to raise teacher salaries” while in Chicago. “His commitment to students in poverty and multilingual learners is ...

Pope Francis, the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church, will be mourned and buried at the Basilica of Saint Mary Major ...

The Democratic Party is trying out a variety of tactics to tap into the populism harnessed by President Donald Trump.

Cupich is one of three influential Roman Catholic bishops with Chicago ties ... and where there are so many people who are fleeing poverty and violence but also the effects of climate change ...

The Vatican now reports that the number of people present at the end of Pope Francis' funeral is more than 250,000.