José “Cha Cha” Jiménez, a prominent civil rights and liberation movement figure and founder of the Young Lords in Chicago and ...

A $7 billion vision to redevelop the area surrounding Chicago’s United Center and the West Side was revealed last summer and this week new renderings emerged as the first phase of the proposed ...

On the eve of Trump’s inauguration, we asked Daron Acemoglu , Bruce Ackerman , Aziz Huq , Alison L. LaCroix, and Richard K. Sherwin whether there are any institutional checks that can restrain his ...

José 'Cha Cha' Jiménez, civil rights activist and founder of the Young Lords Organization, died Friday, Jan. 10. He was 76.

My assumption that humanist academics were all on the left was foolish, of course. But so was my defeatist certainty that ...

José "Cha Cha" Jiménez, a prominent Puerto Rican civil rights leader and founder of the Young Lords Organization, has died.

The 119th United States Congress is the current meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives. New members were ...

President Joe Biden presents David M. Rubenstein with the Medal of Freedom during a Jan. 4 ceremony at the White House.

The meeting is required by the Constitution and includes several distinct steps. Under federal law, Congress must meet Jan. 6 to open sealed certificates from each state that contain a record of their ...

Washington — The 119th Congress begins Friday with Republicans in full control of the House and Senate for the first time since 2019. Still, there's the potential for sparks to fly in the House ...

The 119th Congress kicks off Friday as lawmakers return to Washington with a long January to-do list and a packed first day. Confirmation hearings for President-elect Trump’s Cabinet nominees are set ...