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 ...

President Biden tells USA TODAY he hasn't picked a location for his presidential library – but hopes to see it in his home ...

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

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 ...

Follow all the latest developments as the 119th Congress takes shape. The U.S. House gavels the 119th Congress into session to hold a Speaker election, swear in members, and consider a rules ...

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 ...

McWhirter has spoken to audiences at the Library of Congress, National Archives and the Newberry Library in Chicago. He is the author of "Battle Hymns: The Power and Popularity of Music in the ...