A low-income family of four in 1950 could still afford rent and utilities for nearly half of Chicago apartments. It's a far ...

Critics point to the evaluation system as cause for a decline in the number of Black teachers in Chicago Public Schools.

In President Donald Trump’s idealized framing, the country thrived in the 1890s, when tariffs were high, but historians say ...

Illinois patients worry about losing Medicaid coverage, and hospital leaders say cuts could lead to serious limits on care.

He received an undergraduate degree from the University of Chicago at 18 ... was one of the causes at the root of international poverty. But he considered confiscation a “very dumb way ...

Natalie Loureda, the girlfriend of Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Bobby Miller, reacted to UFC champion Alex Pereira’s emotional journey about his struggles with poverty to provide for his family before ...

With Congress threatening to cut federal spending on several key social service programs, we are gravely concerned about the catastrophic consequences this will have on millions of households.

While living in Chicago, Magie-Phillips saw first-hand the horrors of poverty brought about during the Great Depression. She ...

After abandoning a career at a white-shoe law firm in the 1960s, he helped lead a movement to secure land rights for ...

If Alex Outlaw doesn’t get monthly infusions of medication for Crohn’s disease, he experiences painful symptoms that can make it difficult to hold down a job. But he doesn’t make enough money as a ...