Youth organizers expressed gratitude for Mayor Brandon Johnson and the Chicago alderpersons who listened to young people.

"Our youth are having a lot of concerns: They feel unloved, they feel like their voices aren't being heard. So, we try to show them some positivity and everything, that we actually can love them ...

The City Council could vote to override Mayor Johnson’s veto of an ordinance allowing for temporary curfews for teens on Wednesday.

Chicago youth group Good Kids Mad City hosted a mayoral forum Wednesday to discuss issues important to the city’s younger population on the South and West sides, including how to stop gun violence.

Gun violence concerns rise as summer nears 02:19. CHICAGO (CBS) -- 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 ...

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 ...

In the Englewood neighborhood on Chicago’s south side, nearly 100 people were shot last year, and many of the young people living there will tell you the violence weighs on them.

ABC7 takes in-depth look at gun violence in Chicago, suburbs in 2 half-hour specials . Val Warner, Ryan Chiaverini host the specials airing Friday, Aug. 5 at 11:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. on ABC7 ...

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