Often regarded as a compilation of the world's most visible politicians, artists and cultural figures, this year's "100 Most ...

Carol Moseley Braun, the first Black woman elected to the U.S. Senate and a lifelong public servant, is the new board chair for the DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center.

A popular suburban museum and one of the Chicago-area's most notable zoos say they are being hit hard by so-called DOGE cuts.

Joe Biden has been hankering to do more. Many leading Democrats across the country — including some former top aides and ...

A new exhibit at the museum, “Act Well Your Part,” documents the institution's pivotal role in developing Chicago's community ...

Millions of people visit their libraries every week. What's the draw? Everything. During National Library Week, April 6–12, 2025, take time to discover (or rediscover) what draws people in. This ...

The library, home to the Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature, will turn fifty years ...

When a National Endowment for the Humanities grant was cancelled last week, so was a project to make historical Wyoming newspapers more accessible.

Hannah Arendt was briefly a member of the University of Chicago’s Committee on Social Thought. After four years of regular ...

The reality: When you’re putting a 104 percent tariff on imports from China, “that’s not something that we could possibly ...

Chicago is a great American city with a ton to do and see and it can be a bargain using cash or points and miles. Why you ...

An exhibition of photographs by longtime visual arts teachers Connie Schlelein and Monica Kuhlman Jacobson will be on display ...