Darcel Rockett

“If you forgive $40,000 or $50,000, for a middle-class family, that’s life-changing,” says Rae Kaplan, whose law firm helps with debt refinancing or elimination.

Pushing forward: Now that girls flag football is an IHSA sport, the work shifts to creating college programs for female athletes

UnBlocked Englewood is acquiring vacant lots and repairing dozens of buildings on the South Side. The transformation has far been beyond the neighborhood’s expectations.

Members of Leo High School’s choir are taking their fame in stride now that the melodic prowess of the 22 young men from the South Side Catholic school for boys has gone global.

The Black Panther Party Heritage Trail in Illinois marks 13 locations in Chicago where it the political group made history.

The Hyde Park native has been part of Hollywood for decades, but she doesn’t think people should have to leave Chicago to be in the industry.

Chicago Reader finds new life with new buyer: ‘I’m grateful that it’s going to have a future’

For 25 years, Robert Bonner was committed to working for McDonald’s. But a lawsuit alleges McDonald’s thwarted Bonner’s attempts to sell his stores.

Michelle Obama, former first lady and founder of the Obama Foundation’s Girls Opportunity Alliance, granted $500,000 to 11 Chicago organizations.

The play, in part, is about “how we find our Black joy where there seems to be no joy anywhere else,” says director Christopher Wayland. We spoke with playwright Kimberly Dixon-Mays.