Chicago has undergone a tremendous demographic shift since the 1990s. Former industrial districts like Fulton Market now teem with thousands of office workers each day, many of whom live nearby in ...

The Chicago area is undergoing a surge in Hispanic homeownership, driven by factors such as affordability and inbound migration. Illinois’ net in-migration of Hispanic residents reached 17,000 in 2023 ...

ENGLEWOOD, CHICAGO — By the time Eugene Sawyer became Chicago’s mayor in 1987 following the sudden death of the first African American to hold the office, Black residents were already leaving. For ...

A City Council ward map based solely on Chicago’s demographics would add two Latino-majority wards and one predominantly white ward, while subtracting three Black-majority wards and creating three new ...

A curious legal case came closer to an end Thursday in a federal courtroom in Chicago. The U.S. Department of Justice has finally thrown in the towel in its lengthy effort to desegregate the Chicago ...