Reader Digest We asked what you’d be good at lobbying for. Stella Black: “Property tax reform.” Elizabeth Grisanzio: “Improvement of IT infrastructure.” ...

On New Year’s Day, Mayor Brandon Johnson welcomed 2025 by reminding Chicago leaders of the headwinds Black politicians like him face. The mayor sent a Crusader piece from last October titled ...

On New Year’s Day, Mayor Brandon Johnson welcomed 2025 by reminding Chicago leaders of the headwinds Black politicians like him face. The mayor sent a Crusader piece from last October titled ...

Council votes down Chicago fur ban Heeding opposition from Black clergy and the Black Caucus, the City Council voted 26 to 19 not to impose a ban on the sale of new fur products in the city.

Recent steps by political allies to break with Mayor Johnson could portend trouble as he presides over an emboldened council where his path to 26 votes hinges on progressive support.

While the incident happened before former Mayor Lori Lightfoot took office in May 2019, her administration later tried to block the police video from airing on television and rejected Young’s ...

CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago police sergeant has been fired for his role in a botched 2019 raid at the home of a Black woman who was handcuffed while naked after police officers were sent to the wrong ...

Lori Lightfoot lost for failing Chicago — not because voters are racist/sexist By Adam B. Coleman Published March 3, 2023, 8:29 p.m. ET ...

The first Black woman and openly gay person to lead Chicago, Lightfoot is the city’s first mayor to lose a bid for re-election since Jane Byrne in 1983, according to The New York Post.

It was a stunning rebuke. On Tuesday, Mayor Lori Lightfoot of Chicago, the first Black woman and first openly L.G.B.T.Q. person to lead the city, failed to advance to a runoff, earning just 17 ...

"I'm a Black woman and, let's not forget, some folks frankly don't support us in leadership roles," Lightfoot told The New Yorker recently. "I think Lori's time is up," local radio host Ray ...

Lori Lightfoot, the mayor of Chicago, was down in the polls and scrapping for votes. Three weeks before the election, with eight opponents aiming to deny her a second term, she stepped out of a ...