Are Racial Attitudes Really Changing? Some Black Activists Are Skeptical
CHICAGO — The old guard of this city’s Roseland neighborhood, a community on the South Side famous for molding a young Barack Obama and infamous...
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Unusual ‘Derecho’ Storms Rip Through Midwest
Unusually powerful storms with winds exceeding 100 miles per hour ripped through parts of the Midwest on Monday, knocking out power for about one million...
Chicago Police Arrest More Than 100 People After Looting Batters Downtown
CHICAGO — Hundreds of people converged early Monday on the Magnificent Mile, Chicago’s most famous shopping district, breaking windows, looting stores and clashing with the...
The 1918 Flu, Masks and Lessons for the Coronavirus Pandemic
The masks were called muzzles, germ shields and dirt traps. They gave people a “pig-like snout.” Some people snipped holes in their masks to smoke...
Kerry James Marshall’s Black Birds Take Flight in a New Series
About 10 years ago, the artist Kerry James Marshall caught a crow with his bare hands. The bird was cornered awkwardly near Mr. Marshall’s home...
How to Open a Top-Tier Restaurant in a Pandemic? Rethink Everything
CHICAGO — The chef de cuisine was looking up mask prices online as the team at Ever discussed how to approach guests entering the new...
Road Trips are Great. Except for the Driving.
I am in the Catskills in a charming, tucked-away treehouse of an inn. My room, walking distance to hiking trails, overlooks a waterfall. Morning coffee...
Christopher Columbus Statues Removed From 2 Chicago Parks
Statues of Christopher Columbus were taken down in two Chicago parks early on Friday, making the city the latest to remove a monument to the...
14 People Are Shot Near Chicago Funeral Home
CHICAGO — Fourteen people were shot on Tuesday evening near a funeral home on the South Side of Chicago, a city where President Trump has...
Cities Say They Want Federal Agents Fighting Crime, Not Protesters
In recent years, cities like Chicago, Baltimore and New York have turned to Washington for help in combating gun violence and other crimes, arguing that...