Melissa Bell, CEO of Chicago Public Media, parent company of Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ, an NPR member station, talks about the potential effect of federal funding cuts to local public media.

Joseph Czuba, 73, stabbed the boy to death in 2023 after becoming increasingly paranoid about the war in Gaza after listening ...

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between WBEZ and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. There’s a yellow brick wall covered with hundreds of names tucked inside the ...

Chicago may be the only place to see the ambitious and privately funded exhibition, which disrupts the idea of a gay-straight ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson stopped by WBEZ’s studios on May 1, 2025 to answer Chicago residents’ questions.

Mayor Brandon Johnson stands onstage alongside CPD Superintendent Larry Snelling and other Police Department officials at the ...

Thousands joined in a rally and march on Thursday in opposition to President Donald Trump’s attacks on immigrants and workers ...

One of the clubs is reading the book Dead Man Walking, and last month they got a visit from the book’s author: famed ...

Ald. Brian Hopkins blinked after his powerful co-sponsors — Budget Chair Jason Ervin and Finance Chair Pat Dowell — asked for ...

The city appears on pace to hit Mayor Johnson’s 2025 goal: fewer than 500 murders for the first time in a decade.

The local musician, who will headline at Metro this Saturday, breathes new life into old quinceañera dresses and fast fashion ...

Thursday’s announcement of nominations for the 78th Tony Awards are more than a symbol of theater making a comeback in New ...