WATCH: DAY IN & DAY OUT — As Illinois spends $900 million on new prisons, people coming home invest in art instead
By Morgan Norris Medill Reports Henry Broomfield spent 26 years inside Stateville Correctional Center, where, according to the John Howard Association, inmates lived with hazardous water and falling ceilings. Now free, he and others
Lessons in painting: As Wicker Park studio celebrates 5th anniversary, owner shares words, and brush strokes, of wisdom
By Phoebe Bock Medill Reports Even as a 4-year-old doodler, sitting at a picnic table and coloring with crayons, Christina Villa knew she wanted to be an
Purdue earns no. 2 seed on Selection Sunday after Big Ten Tournament Championship win, set to play in first round Friday
By Katherine Silva Medill Reports Minutes into the Big Ten Tournament championship, struggling to find his shot, Purdue’s Braden Smith tore off his No. 3
Boyd, Blackwell set program records as Wisconsin rallies past Illinois, before falling to Michigan in Big Ten Tournament
By Justin Parmer Medill Reports Despite being down by double digits at multiple points throughout Friday’s Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals, Wisconsin put its trust in
In chilly San Francisco Bay, open-water swimmers find warmth in community
By Lucy Roberts Medill Reports SAN FRANCISCO – The water in the San Francisco Bay rarely rises above 60 degrees, even in the summer. But
An orchestra reborn: How Chicago, the cuatro and a car crash reinvigorated Orlando Rivera’s career
By Mallory Evans Medill Reports As the auditorium lights dim, some 20 orchestral musicians pick up their various stringed instruments and begin to play lively
Third time’s the charm: Maryland earns first-ever win over Oregon before falling to Iowa in Big Ten Tournament
By Khuyen Dinh Medill Reports It doesn’t take long for familiarity to build in college basketball. In just the third meeting ever between Maryland and
WATCH: Chicagoans remember life, legacy of Rev. Jesse Jackson
By Morgan Norris Medill Reports The Rev. Jesse Jackson, the iconic civil rights leader and two-time presidential candidate, died Tuesday surrounded by family at his
Several stations on chopping block as BART heads for financial cliff
By Justin Parmer Medill Reports SAN FRANCISCO — Bay Area Rapid Transit is rapidly approaching the proverbial financial cliff. According to the latest BART funding
From Evanston to Scottsdale, Matt Fitzpatrick’s Northwestern connection runs deep
By Nick Neumayer Medill Reports SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Matt Fitzpatrick was a student at Northwestern for all of 80 days. Yet as thousands of people
WM Phoenix Open is Coachella for golfers, and hole 16 is headlining
By Nick Neumayer Medill Reports SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — One of the earliest mentions of golf etiquette came in the Aberdeen Code of 1783 in Scotland,
Here’s how many Super Bowls it would take to power an AI data center
By Ryan Hinske Medill Reports SAN FRANCISCO — The Bay Area was the site of the biggest media event of the calendar year Sunday. At