For decades, the Chicago Woman’s Club was an activist organization that championed causes including juvenile justice reform ...

Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. It took eight ballots, but Chicago was finally awarded on Feb. 24, 1890 the opportunity to host a World’s Fair. “From the start the ...

After briefly suspending its 1890 National Scholars Program last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has reopened it and is accepting applications for student participation through March 15.

Happy Birthday, Chicago. Tuesday marks the city’s 188th birthday. The March 4 date recognizes the city of Chicago’s official ...

Anna Vlasits, a neurobiologist at the University of Illinois Chicago, won’t be in her new lab this Friday, investigating how ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture suspended the 1890 Scholars Program, which provided recipients with full tuition and fees for students studying agriculture, food or natural resource sciences at ...

The U.S. immigrant population grew by 1.6 million people while birth rates dropped, though the share of those who are foreign-born is slightly below the share in 1890.

In President Donald Trump’s idealized framing, the country thrived in the 1890s, when tariffs were high, but historians say ...

Massive antitrust settlements last year and in 2020 were supposed to end a protracted legal battle for the Blue Cross and ...

This design draws inspiration from the legendary $1,000 Treasury Note from 1890, famously nicknamed “The Grand Watermelon” ...

The team behind Pilsen Yards and The Alderman is transforming the former late-night bar into a 200-seat restaurant.