He retooled the Young Lords into a militant advocacy and service organization, modeled after the Black Panthers. Based in Chicago, it had chapters nationwide.

Puerto Rico native and social justice leader José “Cha Cha” Jiménez died at age 76. According to NBC News, his sister Daisy Rodríguez announced the sad news in a Facebook post on January 10. “IT IS WITH A HEAVY HEART AND SUCH SADNESS THAT I HAVE TO ANNOUNCE THAT MY BROTHER JOSE CHA-CHA JIMENEZ PASSED AWAY THIS MORNING,

After undergoing an $8 million renovation, East Chicago's Block Stadium will host the Thunder, a team in the new Region Collegiate Baseball League.

The mayor is laying out his priorities for the year. But what's not on the list are solutions to the big fiscal cliffs for city agencies.

Johnson’s team is laying out its first-quarter priorities. What’s not on the list is solutions to big fiscal cliffs for city agencies.

We’ve got questions, and you’ve (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, we’re lobbing queries left and right about #OneChicago, The Night Agent, Will Trent, Paradise and more! 1 | In The Night Agent’s final Season 2 episodes,

In playwright Lloyd Suh’s comedy, two recent immigrants in 1973 share impressions of their strange and fascinating new country.

Chicago MC and activist Goalden Chyld is uniting neighbourhoods through music and activism. His new video "Happy" sends a powerful message.

Chicago sisters Joy and Jade Lee turned their lemonade stand fundraiser for a Chicago Sky game into a book to inspire young entrepreneurs.

From time to time, Gustavo Arbeláez faces relatives whose losses were caused by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the powerful guerrilla group he was part of

The breakfast honoring Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. marks a homecoming for keynote speaker Ben Jealous, executive director of the Sierra Club.

José "Cha Cha" Jimenez, a Puerto Rican activist in Chicago, died last week. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with DePaul University professor Jacqueline Lazú about his life and legacy.