Homelessness, literacy problems and violence are among them. The issues and statistics are sobering, yet new research shows Chicago youth can be resilient if they get the help they need.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Security surrounding downtown Chicago ramped up this weekend. Also ramping up were more talks to better connect and engage with youth. Emergency Room Dr. Michael McGee is the ...

A shooting that left a 9-year-old girl dead and 10 other people injured in Chicago's Back of the Yards neighborhood is the ninth mass shooting in the area this year.

Nearly two-thirds of youth respondents in A Better Chicago’s survey said they have witnessed community violence in some form, and almost 1 in 4 said they witness violence weekly.

In Chicago, cognitive behavioral therapy shows promise curbing youth violence By Meg Anderson Published February 17, 2025 at 11:34 AM PST Listen • 4:18 ...

Youth-based violence occurs when people between the ages of 10 to 24 intentionally use physical force or power to threaten or ...

Democrats work to keep protests from disrupting Chicago convention, with concerns over parallels to 1968 Activists oppose President Biden's handling of the Israel-Hamas war.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson took office Monday, immediately vowing to tackle one of the city’s most pressing issues of rising violence, with the summer – a time when crime typically spikes ...

The last few years have not been easy for Black and Latinx Chicago youth. School closings, police violence, the COVID-19 pandemic and continued divestment of neighborhoods have only compounded ...

Last week a festival in Tinley Park, a suburb outside Chicago, was canceled for safety concerns following a chaotic flash mob involving hundreds of teens.

When violence broke out as teens flooded Chicago’s downtown streets in mid-April, he issued a statement asking that people not “demonize youth who have otherwise been starved of opportunities ...

CHICAGO — Dozens took to the streets on the Near North Side on Saturday in an effort to make life better for young people in Illinois. Members of the Coalition for Spiritual and Public ...