Taste of Chicago 2025 Returns This Weekend With Food and Music From Lupe Fiasco and More

September 4, 2025

By: Chicago Defender Newsroom

“We’re Going In.” History Echoes as Trump Moves to Send Troops Into Chicago

September 3, 2025

By: Chicago Defender Newsroom

The Chicago Jazz Festival 2025 Returns With Four Days of Free Music Across the City

August 28, 2025

By: Chicago Defender Newsroom

Pritzker, Johnson Push Back on National Guard Proposal in Chicago

August 26, 2025

By: Chicago Defender Newsroom

Mayor Brandon Johnson Breaks Ground on $1.3 Billion Concourse D at O’Hare

August 19, 2025

By: Chicago Defender Newsroom

Chicago Gears Up for the 2025 House Music Festival and Conference

August 13, 2025

By: Chicago Defender Newsroom

Chicago Offering $300K–$5M Grants for Neighborhood Development Projects

August 12, 2025

By: Chicago Defender Newsroom

The Chicago Sky’s Elizabeth Williams and Ariel Atkins at a postgame conference after beating the Washington Mystics

August 7, 2025

By: Chicago Defender Newsroom

Showdown Across State Lines: Texas Calls FBI on Fleeing Lawmakers as Illinois Refuses to Budge

August 7, 2025

By: Chicago Defender Newsroom

Texas Lawmakers Take Refuge in Chicago Amid High-Stakes Redistricting Standoff

August 4, 2025

By: Chicago Defender Newsroom