College students, inmates and a nun: A unique book club meets at Cook County Jail
One club rule is clear: Discussions about personal lives are encouraged, but no questions are permitted about why other members are in jail.
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New leader of Jesse Jackson’s Rainbow PUSH steps down less than 3 months on the job
A Dallas pastor who took over leadership of the Rev. Jesse Jackson’s longtime civil rights organization resigned Tuesday after less than three months on the job.
Settlement in Wisconsin fake elector case offers new details on the strategy by Trump lawyers
Two attorneys for then-President Donald Trump orchestrated a plan for fake electors to file paperwork falsely saying he won Wisconsin in a strategy to overturn Joe Biden’s 2020 victory there....
Estudiantes voluntarios de medicina intentan paliar las carencias sanitarias de los inmigrantes en Chicago
Utilizando las aceras como salas de reconocimiento y pesadas bolsas de lona rojas como armarios de suministros médicos, los médicos voluntarios pasan los sábados atendiendo al creciente número de inmigrantes...
Volunteer medical students are trying to fill the health care gap for migrants in Chicago
Using sidewalks as exam rooms and heavy red duffle bags as medical supply closets, volunteer medics spend their Saturdays caring for the growing number of migrants arriving in Chicago without...
Aurora mayor praises new state immigration bill: ‘It is the right, just and fair thing to do’
Aurora officials are pleased that Gov. Bruce Rauner has signed a bill which will limit how local and state police can cooperate with federal immigration authorities. In a statement Monday,...
Experts: Illinois school election affirms transgender policy
School board candidates who supported a plan to let a transgender student use the girls' locker room at a suburban Chicago school survived an election challenge in one of several...
Rauner signs lead-testing law for schools, day care centers
Illinois elementary schools and day care centers must test drinking water sources for lead and notify parents of the results under legislation signed into law Monday by Gov. Bruce Rauner....
Nearly 200 new Illinois laws take effect as 2017 gets underway
CHICAGO (AP) — Nearly 200 new Illinois laws will take effect in the new year, including first-in-the nation rules requiring hairstylists to undergo training to help domestic violence victims and...
Tammy Duckworth to run for U.S. Senate
U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth announced Monday that she's running for the U.S. Senate in 2016, setting up a high-profile challenge to Republican Sen. Mark Kirk's re-election bid. "I'm running for...