was a civil and human rights organization transformed by the leadership of Jose Cha Cha Jimenez from a Chicago turf gang on September 23, 1968, 100 years after the Grito de Lares. The group's mission ...

A federal grand jury in Chicago has indicted an adviser to a son of “El Chapo,” the imprisoned former leader of Mexico’s ...

well before El Hongo Magico’s November 17 tamale-making class. Mike Sula (he/him) is a senior writer, food reporter, and restaurant critic at the Chicago Reader. He's been a staffer since 1995.

Ashok Selvam is the editor of Eater Chicago and a native Chicagoan armed with more than two decades of award-winning journalism. Now covering the world of restaurants and food, his nut graphs are ...

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Anti-Jewish hate crimes rose sharply in Chicago this year, with 70 bona fide incidents, a 46% increase over last year's high of 48, with two months left to go in 2024. According to a CBS News Data ...

CHICAGO (CBS)-- A taco Tuesday attack and attempted robbery at a popular Pilsen restaurant left the owner with scratches on his face and the ordeal was caught on video by customers. Along 18th ...

A crazed gunman in Chicago opened fire on a Jewish man walking to synagogue, and then screamed “Allahu Akbar” before a shootout with cops, according to reports. Sidi Mohamed Abdallahi ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The city of Chicago continues to grapple with gun violence, which impacts hundreds of people every year. As of July 7, 2024, there have been almost 1,200 total reported shootings ...

CHICAGO — From a Netflix co-founder to heir to the Walmart fortune, bigshots from around the country are paying close attention and spending big bucks on Chicago school board races. Spending on ...

The recently appointed head of Chicago’s school board resigned Thursday after reports from the Jewish Insider and Chicago Sun-Times exposed what some Chicago leaders called antisemitic and ...

CHICAGO — The typical Chicago take-out — pizza — comes in cardboard. But in Lake View, there’s something fishy about the pizza boxes coming from the local sushi spot Tanuki Sushi and Grill ...