The Juneteenth holiday — its name combining “June” and “nineteenth” — has only grown in one-and-a-half centuries. In 2021, President Joe Biden designated it a federal holiday — expanding its ...

The Wealth Our Way grant program will help support shared-ownership models that allow community members to own and redevelop ...

With pools opening for summer, the weather is getting warmer and it has us looking forward to some big Chicago events. So here are five that we're looking forward to this summer!

From wellness retreats to lectures and film screenings, there are plenty of ways to celebrate Juneteenth in Chicago.

A Father's Day tradition returned to the South Side on Sunday. Real Men Cook is an annual celebration of Black fatherhood, ...

Presidents from Brand USA, the US Travel Association and Choose Chicago, joined the Mayor of Chicago and a Board executive of ...

The 2025 Juneteenth Festival is presented by Far South CDC with the support of sponsors and partners including Special Service Area #45, the City of Chicago, 21st Ward Ald. Ronnie Mosley, Illinois ...

At an event celebrating the city's native son, Cardinal Blase Cupich spoke on immigration and the undocumented in his "Sermon ...

An early Juneteenth celebration Saturday in Richton Park was the first of several this week int he south and southwest ...