Lori Lightfoot was never the left’s candidate. In fact, in Lightfoot’s landslide victory in April, her staunchest opposition came from Chicago's activist left — community organizers, police reformers, ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CHICAGO (AP) — Brandon Johnson, a union ...

A progressive Chicago politician is facing backlash for galivanting around Nashville as her district was “devastated” by severe storms and heavy flooding. Democratic Alderwoman Stephanie D. Coleman ...

Before New York City mayoral primary winner Zohran Mamdani made a splash, another big-city Democratic mayoral candidate with progressive bona fides unexpectedly burst onto the national political scene ...

CHICAGO — Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson will run for Chicago mayor, adding another progressive challenger to the field of 2023 candidates and raising the prospect of a rematch between the ...