Illinois governor J.B. Pritzker signed an executive order on Sunday that aims to help strengthen protections for…

A preliminary report by Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan found that the Catholic Church failed to publicize…

In 1972, Congress passed the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), which was first drafted in 1923 and reads, rather simply:…

The Illinois House voted on Wednesday to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, following approval last month in the…

As predicted, Holocaust denying neo-Nazi Arthur Jones has won the Republican primary in Illinois after running…

Congratulations once again to Republicans for being the political party of choice for white supremacists, neo-Nazis,…

Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner, a rare Republican politician who supports a woman’s right to choose, on Thursday signed…

Earlier this month, attorney general Jeff Sessions—David the Gnome’s racist cousin—commenced a review of “consent…

A Dairy Queen in Zion, Illinois has been closed after its owner used a racial slur while quarreling with a customer.

A new state law going into effect at the start of 2017 will require Illinois salon workers to receive training on…

The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) has discovered that Russian hackers attacked Arizona’s voting systems.…

A group of anti-abortion “sidewalk counselors,” represented by a conservative law firm, are suing Chicago over a…

Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was re-sentenced Tuesday to the same 14 years he’s been serving in federal…

On Saturday morning, a man at a Kentucky Cinemark theater turned to confront the child kicking the back of his seat.…

Grab your can opener and head for the nearest bomb shelter. The mayflies have come for us, and as far as I’m…

The daughter of Illinois State Representative Cynthia Soto has been arrested and charged with attacking her mom’s…

A pair of Illinois Republicans have co-sponsored a bill that would refuse to issue a birth certificate to any…

A fun idea, being instituted for what we’re sure are totally non-bullshit reasons: female reporters at Chicago Fox…

A transgender student in Illinois has won a two-year victory: the Obama administration has found that her school…

If you were an 18-year-old woman living in Illinois between the end of prohibition and 1961, you were legally free…