This month, in partnership with the Mayor’s Office of Reentry, local banks, and nonprofit organizations, The Second Act: ...

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

The U.N. chief launched a new initiative Wednesday to reform the United Nations as it approaches its 80th anniversary, saying the 193-member global organization needs an ...

They crossed oceans to get to the U.S., fleeing conflict, religious persecution, poverty and government crackdowns in countries such as Afghanistan, Somalia, Cameroon, China, ...

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

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.

In President Donald Trump’s idealized framing, the United States was at its zenith in the 1890s, when top hats and ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

Thirty years after world leaders adopted a historic blueprint to achieve gender equality, a new United Nations report says ...