A massive new international study finds the health impacts of alcohol may be worse than previously thought.

How independently can adults with intellectual disabilities live as they age? We visit a group of men who have shared a home for decades. 

The ranks of challengers to Mayor Rahm Emanuel are swelling. The educator and entrepreneur tells us what’s fueling his run for office.

The first woman to be president of the University of Chicago, who is also a Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, talks about her extraordinary life.

Watch the April 17, 2018 full episode of "Chicago Tonight."

For the first time in recent years, CPS principals don’t have to wait until summer to start planning for their next school year.

The site of the Tribune Tower will include nearly 300 condominiums and what would be one of Chicago’s tallest skyscrapers under a new redevelopment proposal developers believe will both revitalize and preserve the international landmark.

A reporter researching his family history tells an intimate story of China’s modernization. Scott Tong discusses his new book “A Village with My Name.”

An innovation hub opens this fall at the Illinois Institute of Technology. We speak with newly named executive director, Howard Tullman.

With billions in unfunded pension liabilities, what options remain for lawmakers to defuse the state’s pension time bomb?

Keeping the river clean is no easy task, particularly during the summer months when the river is bustling. We spend a morning with one of Chicago’s trash-scooping river skimmers. 

Watch the April 16, 2018 full episode of "Chicago Tonight."

Reaction to our recent conversation with the authors of a controversial Chicago magazine article.