Chicago community leaders and longtime residents say the Obama Presidential Center risks washing away the neighborhood’s ...

Chicago community leaders and longtime residents say the Obama Presidential Center risks washing away the neighborhood’s ...

The Mt. Greenwood Branch of the Chicago Public Library recently welcomed local residents for a special meet-and-greet with ...

Alderwoman Jeanette Taylor, who represents much of the majority-Black, working-class neighborhood that surrounds the Obama ...

It’s rare to find a library book more than 200 years old still in circulation. How does a title avoid the “weeding” process?

Sen. Dick Durbin told reporters Monday he thinks Chicago should be home to Barack Obama's presidential library.

The Chicago Department of Public Health, in partnership with the 46th Ward, is launching an initiative to distribute naloxone ...

ALA invites education programs and posters for the ALA 2026 Annual Conference & Exhibition, June 25–29, 2026, in Chicago, Illinois—a milestone event marking ALA’s 150th Anniversary.

1818: The Illinois Constitutional Convention adopted a constitution and selected Kaskaskia as the first state capital. 1868: Two pairs of swans arrived in Chicago, establishing the Lincoln Park Zoo, ...