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Towering clouds form a backdrop for Willis Tower and the Chicago skyline on June 17, 2025. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Chicago 2050: Penny Pritzker and Bryan Traubert on the importance of Chicagoans’ civic life

May 10, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

We want to make the case to current and future leaders that choosing a place — and choosing to invest in it — matters deeply.

Bessie Coleman achieved her international pilot's license in 1921.

Penny Pritzker: Chicagoan Bessie Coleman, the first Black female pilot, will be recognized on the US quarter

February 18, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

In the dictionary, the word "tenacious" ought to be followed by a photo of Chicagoan Bessie Coleman, the first African American woman to earn a pilot's license. Coleman, also of...

U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker speaks at a discussion with Chinese Communist party cadres at the China Executive Leadership Academy Pudong (CELAP) in Shanghai, China, on April 16.

Eyeing 570 million middle-class consumers in the Asia-Pacific region

August 21, 2019 at 5:43 p.m.

Chicago's Garrett Popcorn is a local institution whose flavored snacks have been enjoyed by Chicagoans and visitors for more than 65 years. Recently, the chain was recognized for something more...

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