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Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. Located on the western shore of Lake Michigan, it is the third-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 2.74 million at the 2020 census. The Chicago metropolitan area has 9.41 million residents and is the third-largest metropolitan area in the country. Chicago is the seat of Cook County, the second-most populous county in the U.S.

Chicago is an international hub for finance, culture, commerce, industry, education, technology, telecommunications, and transportation. It has the largest and most diverse finance derivatives market in the world, generating 20% of all volume in commodities and financial futures alone. O'Hare International Airport is routinely ranked among the world's top ten busiest airports by passenger traffic, and the region is also the nation's railroad hub. The Chicago area has one of the highest gross domestic products (GDP) of any urban region in the world, generating $689 billion in 2018. Chicago's economy is diverse, with no single industry employing more than 14% of the workforce. (Full article...)

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Hyde Park Township, Cook County, Illinois is a former civil township in Cook County, Illinois, United States that existed as a separate municipality from 1861 until 1889 when it was annexed into the city of Chicago. Its borders are Pershing Road (formerly 39th Street) on the north, State Street on the west, Lake Michigan and the Indiana state line on the east, and 138th Street and the Calumet River on the south (see map in footnote). This region comprised most of what are now known as the South Side of Chicago including the entirety of the following community areas: Hyde Park, Kenwood, Woodlawn, South Shore, South Chicago, East Side, Hegewisch, Avalon Park, Calumet Heights, South Deering, Burnside, Pullman, and Riverdale as well as the Southern part of Oakland and the eastern parts of Grand Boulevard, Washington Park, Greater Grand Crossing, Chatham, Roseland, and West Pullman. During its brief history it developed from unpopulated wildlife to a largely developed residential, commercial and resort community. However, due to infrastructure limitations, legislative incentives and the lure of better municipal services it, along with numerous adjoining townships, agreed to be annexed into the city of Chicago, creating the largest city in the United States at that time.

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Image 1Chicago-style hot dog (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 2Chicago Half Marathon on Lake Shore Drive on the South Side (from Chicago)
Image 3Daley Plaza and the Chicago Picasso, with City Hall-County Building visible in background. At right, the Daley Center contains the state law courts. (from Chicago)
Image 4Nature Boardwalk at Lincoln Park Zoo on the North Side (from Chicago)
Image 5Ferries offer sightseeing tours and water-taxi transportation along the Chicago River and Lake Michigan. (from Chicago)
Image 6The Chicago Building (1904–05) is a prime example of the Chicago School, displaying both variations of the Chicago window. (from Chicago)
Image 7Court of Honor at the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893 (from Chicago)
Image 8Chicago Theatre (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 9A Polish market in Chicago (from Chicago)
Image 10Aerial photo of the Jane Byrne Interchange (2022) after reconstruction; it initially opened in the 1960s. (from Chicago)
Image 11Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 12Aerial view of the Chicago Loop in 2012 (from Chicago)
Image 13Map of racial distribution in Chicago, 2010 U.S. census. Each dot is 25 people: ⬤ White ⬤ Black ⬤ Asian ⬤ Hispanic ⬤ Other (from Chicago)
Image 14The Chicago Picasso (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 15Aerial view of Navy Pier located in the Streeterville neighborhood, one of the most visited attractions in the Midwestern United States. (from Chicago)
Image 16Replica of Daniel Chester French's Statue of The Republic at the site of the World's Columbian Exposition (from Chicago)
Image 17The Wrigley Building and Tribune Tower (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 18Chicago Union Station, opened in 1925, is the third-busiest passenger rail terminal in the United States. (from Chicago)
Image 19Men outside a soup kitchen during the Great Depression (1931) (from Chicago)
Image 20Ethnic origins in Chicago (from Chicago)
Image 21An Amtrak train on the Empire Builder route departs Chicago from Union Station. (from Chicago)
Image 22Chicago-style deep-dish pizza (from Chicago)
Image 23Prentice Women's Hospital on the Northwestern Memorial Hospital Downtown Campus (from Chicago)
Image 24Buckingham Fountain is located in Grant Park in the Loop. (from Chicago)
Image 25Protesters in Grant Park outside the 1968 Democratic National Convention (from Chicago)
Image 26A satellite image of Chicago (from Chicago)
Image 27The main hall of the Field Museum of Natural History in 2007, with Sue the T. rex in the foreground (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 28The Field Museum of Natural History (from Chicago)
Image 29People walking around Buckingham Fountain to attend a rally (2013) (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 30Chicago tenants picket against rent increases (March 1920) (from Chicago)
Image 31Soldier Field, home of the Chicago Bears (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 32Ford Explorer SUV as a Chicago Police Department vehicle, 2021 (from Chicago)
Image 33Traditional Potawatomi regalia on display at the Field Museum of Natural History (from Chicago)
Image 34Chicago was home of The Oprah Winfrey Show from 1986 until 2011, and of other Harpo Production operations until 2015. (from Chicago)
Image 35Willie Dixon (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 36The Chicago Board of Trade Building (from Chicago)
Image 37Flag of Chicago (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 38The University of Chicago campus as seen from the Midway Plaisance (from Chicago)
Image 39The Chicago River during the January 2014 cold wave (from Chicago)
Image 40Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (from Chicago)
Image 41Home Insurance Building (1885) (from Chicago)
Image 42WGN began in the early days of radio and developed into a multi-platform broadcaster, including a cable television super-station. (from Chicago)
Image 43Community areas of Chicago (from Chicago)
Image 44An artist's rendering of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 (from Chicago)
Image 45Jay Pritzker Pavilion (from Chicago)
Image 46Chicago Theatre (from Chicago)
Image 47Downtown and the North Side with beaches lining the waterfront (from Chicago)
Image 48When it was opened in 1991, the central Harold Washington Library appeared in Guinness World Records as the largest municipal public library building in the world. (from Chicago)
Image 49The Chicago Picasso (1967) inspired a new era in urban public art. (from Chicago)
Image 50O'Hare International Airport (from Chicago)

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The list of Alpha Kappa Alpha sisters includes initiated and honorary members of Alpha Kappa Alpha (ΆKΆ), the first inter-collegiate Greek-letter sorority established for Black college women.

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority was founded on January 15, 1908, at Howard University in Washington, D.C., by nine women who were known as The Original Group of 1908, and seven sophomores, who were accepted as honor initiates and are known as The Sophomores of 1910. Alpha Kappa Alpha serves the community through a membership of more than 200,000 women in over 950 chapters in the United States and several other countries. Membership is extended to female college undergraduate and graduate students. The sorority also bestows honorary membership as the highest honor.

Alpha Kappa Alpha states that since the organization's founding, "the sisterhood of Alpha Kappa Alpha has responded to the world’s increasing complexity. The sorority continues to empower communities through exemplary service initiatives and progressive programs." The sorority celebrated a centennial anniversary on January 15, 2008. (Read more...)

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... that upon being drafted by the NFL's Chicago Bears, Ralph Jarvis wanted to thank the judge who sent him to the reform school where he first played American football?
... that the Illinois Institute of Technology created Chicago's smallest park by deeding a 54-square-foot (5 m²) granite slab to the city?
... that a college designed for and led by Native Americans was active in Chicago from 1974 to 2005?
... that from the old Chicago Station, a five-cent fare would get you as far west as California?
... that 900 West Randolph, Chicago's first high-rise building built by a black-owned construction firm, has penthouses that can be rented for over $20,000 per month?
... that a tornado near Chicago was produced by a storm with a hydrodynamical helicity four times higher than the threshold favorable for tornadogenesis?
... that Josie Childs served as a Chicago mayor's assistant, worked as a campaign organizer for three U.S. presidents, and hosted the British queen?
... that the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, and Sports Illustrated have all profiled the smallest TV station in the United States?

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Dwyane Tyrone Wade, Jr. is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Miami Heat in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Wade was named 2006 Sportsman of the Year by Sports Illustrated. Despite the unorthodox spelling, Wade's first name is pronounced as Dwayne; often in print media, it is misspelled as such. Wade had the top selling jersey in the NBA for nearly two years, as he led the NBA in jersey sales from the 2005 NBA playoffs, until the mid-point of the 2006-07 NBA season. After entering the league with little fanfare as the fifth pick in the 2003 NBA Draft, Wade has become one of the more accomplished young players in the NBA today. After making the All-Rookie team in his first season, and the All-Star team the following two seasons, Wade led the Miami Heat to their first NBA Championship in franchise history in his third pro campaign. He was named the 2006 NBA Finals MVP as he led the Heat to a 4–2 series win over the Dallas Mavericks.

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The Union Stock Yard & Transit Co., or The Yards, operated in the New City community area of Chicago, Illinois for 106 years, helping the city become known as "hog butcher for the world" and the center of the American meat packing industry for decades. From the Civil War until the 1920s and peaking in 1924, more meat was processed in Chicago than in any other place in the world. Construction began in June 1865 with an opening on Christmas Day in 1865. The Yards closed at midnight on Friday, July 30, 1971 after several decades of decline during the decentralization of the meat packing industry. The Union Stock Yard Gate was designated a Chicago Landmark on February 24, 1972 and a National Historic Landmark on May 29, 1981.

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"My first day in Chicago, September 4, 1983. I set foot in this city, and just walking down the street, it was like roots, like the motherland. I knew I belonged here." — Oprah Winfrey

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October 8, 2025 – 2025 deployment of federal forces in the United States: Hundreds of Texas Military Forces troops arrive at a United States Army Reserve military base near Chicago, Illinois, ahead of a deployment to the city. (Sky News)
October 5, 2025 – 2025 deployment of federal forces in the United States: U.S. president Donald Trump authorizes the deployment of 300 National Guard personnel to Chicago, Illinois. (BBC News)

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Chicago

History of Chicago: Windy City • 1871 Great Chicago Fire • Haymarket affair • World's Columbian Exposition • Chicago race riot of 1919 • Chicago Board of Trade • McDonald's • Millennium Park • Cook County Democratic Party

Geography: Chicago River • Fort Dearborn • Prairie Avenue • Magnificent Mile • Cook County, Illinois

People: Daniel Burnham • Richard J. Daley • Oprah Winfrey • Al Capone • Barack Obama • Michael Jordan • Jesse Jackson • Aaron Montgomery Ward • Marshall Field • Potter Palmer • Pope Leo XIV • Harold Washington • Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable

Landmarks & Tourist Attractions: Chicago Landmarks • Wrigley Field • Buckingham Fountain • Willis Tower • John Hancock Center • Chicago Cultural Center

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...that after the 1871 Great Chicago Fire, the Loop Retail Historic District (pictured) was Chicago's premier retailing district until it was replaced by commuter suburbs and the Magnificent Mile?
...that Patrick Nash helped change the city charter, which called for a special election in the case of death of the Chicago Mayor, so that the Chicago City Council could appoint Edward Joseph Kelly?
...that the merged Rainbow/PUSH is an outgrowth of Jesse Jackson's 1984 Presidential campaign and a factional split in Operation Breadbasket, an affiliate of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference?
...that University of Chicago Graduate School of Business professor Toby Moskowitz won the Fischer Black Prize as the top finance researcher under 40 after a 4 year hiatus with no worthy candidates?

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