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

a white towel folded carefully into his black Oregon shorts. Last spring positition coach Drew Mehringer said about his gifted tight end, "You want to talk about a kid that was hungry to get on ...

What makes a restaurant romantic isn’t just the food—it’s also the setting and ambiance, whether that’s an intimate, ...

Chicago faces a stark racial wealth gap, with white families holding a significantly higher median net worth than Black, Mexican, and Puerto Rican families. This disparity stems from factors such ...

A 53-year-old construction worker who fell several floors into a ventilation duct at the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago ...

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Over 100 years ago, Georgiana Simpson became the first Black woman to attain a Ph.D. at an American university, making history not just on the University of Chicago campus ... after being forced off ...

A local stop at Chicago Shakespeare Theater ... the unique beauty of Black hair. “Chicago is my community and my home,” said director Whitney White, Tony-nominated for the show’s Broadway ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — Friday, Feb. 7, will mark 160 years since Illinois struck down laws that kept free Black people from entering ... amid widespread protests from white students.

On the other hand, unemployment for white ... Chicago news you need to know. Sign up for the weekly Chicago Catch-Up newsletter. Gould added that part of the rise in unemployment rate for Black ...

He was also the only president to live in Chicago as a youth ... Because it’s February. Black History Month! I think with our nation being whipsawed by Trump 2.0, we might have forgotten ...