CBS Chicago highlights stories that celebrate the theme for Black History Month 2025: African Americans and labor.

2007: U.S. Sen. Barack Obama announced his candidacy for the presidency outside the Old State Capitol in Springfield, which ...

Chicago’s path to being a sanctuary city began more than 40 years ago. Here’s a look at the leaders and laws that have shaped ...

Johnson’s mayoral approval is the lowest in modern Chicago history. Johnson’s low favorability is striking ... Johnson’s low ...

About two dozen workers at the Chicago History Museum have signed a letter saying they plan to unionize. In the letter, issued Wednesday morning, the employees said they are seeking clear ...

Brandon Johnson: First of all, I'm grateful that the city of Chicago has an incredible love story, a history that our city is very proud of. It's a city that was established by a Black Haitian ...

Historians say it’s an impossible question to answer. Major events have shaped Chicago from its very start in 1837, but one year stands out. Pop-up tree lots sprout up all over Chicago during ...

The Commission on Chicago Landmarks voted Thursday to continue the designation process for Morning Star Baptist Church, 3993 ...

(Luigi Mendicino/Chicago Tribune) Here’s a look back at ... of the present day is to be the greatest merchant in the history of the world,” the Tribune wrote about Marshall Field after the ...

What do you get when 3,000 Chicago Public Schools students join forces during Black History Month to sing? Soulful and ...

The only Black-owned skating rink in Illinois has touched lives for decades. In a Fox 32 special report, Terrence Lee takes us inside the iconic space.

Chicago’s path to being a sanctuary city began more than 40 years ago. Here’s a look back at the leaders and laws that have shaped Chicago’s involvement with the sanctuary movement. July 18, 1982: ...