‘Bear Down’: How a songwriter’s challenge became Chicago’s rallying cry
Chicago's favorite fight song, "Bear Down," began as bet among songwriters. It ended up being a city's rallying cry.
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Entering his 4th Olympics, Oak Park speedskater Emery Lehman nears the finish line
Since winning a Bronze medal at the 2022 Olympics, Oak Park's Emery Lehman has spent most of the past four years working toward an ending. The Milan Cortina Games will...
After torn ACLs and 10 surgeries, Chicago’s Sarah Warren makes the US Olympic speedskating team
Bears President Kevin Warren said he was overcome with emotion when speedskater Sarah Warren made her first Olympic team this week. Like any good uncle would.
As severe weather threat ends, temperature plummets and wind increases in Chicago
The National Weather Service on Sunday warned of an incoming cold front and possible wind speeds that could approach 50 mph by Monday.
64 days in Chicago: The story of Operation Midway Blitz
President Donald Trump's federal immigration enforcement operation led to most surreal autumn in Chicago history. What happened during those 64 days will be remembered for a long time.
Federal agents raided a Chicago apartment building two months ago. Now its residents have formed a union.
Nearly two months after the militarized raid that roused them from their sleep and made international headlines, residents who remain at 7500 South Shore Drive are fighting back.
US Sen. Ruben Gallego, a Chicago native, denounces immigration raids in return home
U.S. Sen. Ruben Gallego of Arizona can't do much to shield the Little Village from Trump’s immigration crackdown, but the Chicago native wanted to bear witness to his hometown's resilience.
Inside Chicago’s growing resistance movement against Operation Midway Blitz: ‘Small acts have huge consequences’
In Chicago, the resistance to President Donald Trump's mass deportation mission has taken many forms. A movement has grown through acts large and small.
In rural southern Illinois, an NPR affiliate tries to fight on amid federal cuts
In southern Illinois, a public radio station was already operating at the margins when Donald Trump called for NPR's defunding. Now it needs to fill a $1.4 million hole.
Broadview residents are scared as ICE facility becomes a battleground for Trump immigration blitz
Broadview has become the epicenter of Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement, leaving some locals hiding in fear from ICE and others loathing the smell of tear gas in the morning.