In addition to her writing career, Lena Waithe proves to be a visionary producer and director. She is the creator of The Chi, a Showtime drama series set on the South Side of Chicago. This show ...

The Chi is eying another renewal ahead of the launch of its most recent installment. Paramount+ with Showtime has ...

Raised on Chicago's South Side by her working mother and grandmother, Waithe was often left home alone with fictional friends from shows like The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and The Golden Girls.

My teachers at Evanston Township High School told me about Columbia College Chicago, where I could major in writing and producing television, which was mind-boggling to me. But I did, and I got to ...

Lena Waithe is taking the blows so you don’t have to Lena Waithe, No. 10 on this year's Queer 50 list, is using her seat at the table to pull up as many chairs as possible for the next ...