Donald Trump insisted on bulldozing through gibberish answers during the train-wreck interview.

Surprise, surprise: Donald Trump is spreading more xenophobic falsehoods.

Three views on the 2024 Democratic National Convention

The convention in Chicago was loads of fun. Getting to it was ... challenging.

The Democratic National Committee projected messages such as “Weird as Hell” and “Project 2025 HQ” onto Donald Trump’s Chicago property.

The Chicago police seem to be directly warning protesters ahead of the Democratic National Convention.

An interview with Jesse Jackson about the 2024 race, his own legacy, and how he’s not actually retiring.

One recent media report is emblematic of the kinds of errors the press makes when it sees a chance to put pressure on a Black progressive mayor.

Brandon Johnson offered voters a new way to think about public safety.

Tuesday’s twin victories of progressive Brandon Johnson in Chicago and liberal Judge Janet Protasiewicz in Wisconsin disprove the argument that Democrats need to embrace centrism.

The former public school teacher and labor organizer won voters over with his new vision for Chicago.

Support for Johnson seems to be growing ahead of the April runoff.

Paul Vallas has locked arms with the police, associated with an anti-LGBTQ group, and been mired in scandals. So why is he leading ahead of Tuesday’s election in the overwhelmingly Democratic city?

Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson says Chicago deserves a progressive mayor “willing to invest in people.”

The city is the first in the country to pass, and begin to implement, a reparations program. Changing laws to undo discrimination is one thing. But will white citizens really be willing to pay for it?

Frontline workers, including teachers, are just supposed to carry on in spite of the government’s failure to manage the pandemic.

Biographers get distracted by the photographer’s unusual life story—to the point of diminishing her work itself.

For those who live there, Chicago’s Ewing Annex Hotel is a refuge, an artifact, and a last chance. The man who’s been holding it together for more than 20 years is about to retire.

Reassessing the legacies of past black organizing

Wider sidewalks and no-car zones are the new hot commodity. They could even help businesses reopen.