Ahead of the 2024 election, WBEZ and the Chicago Sun-Times are launching a new series examining how we can strengthen American democracy.

Brandon Johnson will be inaugurated as Chicago’s 57th mayor on May 15. We hear more about his transition team and his priorities on Day 1.

The Haymarket Affair in 1886 Chicago was a catalyst in a campaign for the eight-hour work day. The event sparked a global labor movement.

Unfamiliar with Filipino cuisine? We explore the classics from bicol express to kare kare to pancit.

Illinois libraries would lose state funding under a bill that has passed in the House and is moving to the full Senate for a vote.

Most targeted books were written by or about members of the LGBTQ+ community and people of color, according to the American Library Association.

Chicago’s 2023 election results are finalized, a Native American history bill is pending in Springfield and Chicagoans are back on Plover Watch.

HB1633 aims to make teaching a unit on Native American history required for Illinois schools.

Clothes and bedding are responsible for an estimated 35% of the microplastic pollution in oceans across the globe.

Lawmakers in Springfield also plan to pass legislation giving the State Board of Education a deadline for the changes.