Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot was put on blast by critics for blaming her dwindling re-election prospects on race and gender instead of the city's crime crisis. "I'm a Black woman and, let's not ...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Tuesday night that “about 99%” of the criticism she receives over her temperament is due to the fact she’s a Black woman. The mayor made the comment during an ...

Lori Lightfoot kisses her wife, Amy Eshleman, after being elected Chicago's first black gay woman mayor. KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP/Getty Images But focus on just the black supporters in that room and ...

More than 300 protesters crowded outside Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot's home Thursday, saying she has disappointed the city, according to local reports. Demonstrators posted photos and videos of ...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Thursday pulled back from the political bombshell she dropped this week about a publicly traded company: that Uber offered black ministers a $54 million “payoff” to ...

Lightfoot went on to win precincts in all 50 wards. Faith leaders and businessman Willie Wilson join in prayer for Paul Vallas. Four years ago, Wilson threw his support behind Lori Lightfoot’s ...

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot notably said “I am a black woman — let’s not forget” after she blamed her election loss on voters.

Chicago will swear in its first black female and first openly gay mayor Monday, concluding Lori Lightfoot's astonishing, yearlong rise from near anonymity to leader of the nation's third-largest city.

Lightfoot, a Black woman, says she’s the latest Black politician to have been demonized by the old, racist dirty trick of having her picture darkened in a negative political ad.

As Lori Lightfoot completed her ascension Monday from a long-shot candidate to Chicago’s first black woman and openly gay mayor, the former federal prosecutor stood in front of thousands at a ...

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 ...

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot after being sworn in as mayor on May 20, 2019. Lori Lightfoot has officially been inaugurated, becoming the first black female and openly gay mayor of Chicago.