VIDEO: “Un-farm” produces local food in nontraditional ways
By Michaela Meaney As locally produced food increases in popularity, new ways to grow it are also on the rise. FarmedHere is an indoor, vertical farm right outside of Chicago that uses aquaponics to grow USDA-certified organic greens.
Experts cite Ebola’s indirect cost, urge public-private partnerships
By Jin Wu Chicago health care and economic experts said the indirect cost of Ebola is enormous and partnerships between public and private sectors could be a solution for “the market failures” in Ebola prevention and treatment. Dozens of people attended a public conversation called “The Cost of Health Crisis” Wednesday night at Chicago’s Harold […]
VIDEO: Watch party discusses State of the Union address
By Meg Rauch A small crowd gathered at Bridgeport’s Unity Center for a viewing party for President Obama’s State of the Union Address. Guests at the event describe what they want to see from Washington in the next two years.
Event to examine aftermath of 2013 school closings on displaced students
By Taylor Mullaney Two groups that explore public education in Chicago will join forces Thursday night at the University of Chicago Logan Center to discuss what happened to children displaced by the closings of 50 CPS schools in 2013. The School Project plans to screen “Chicago Public Schools: Closed” as the second segment of its […]
CAIR-Chicago’s social media campaign generates conversation about Islam
By Ellen Kobe Hasan Ahmad, or @hasanahmad80, as he is known in the Twitter-verse, sat on his computer Tuesday morning tweeting a series of photos with the hashtag #WhatAMuslimLooksLike. The 34-year-old in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, received 63 “likes” and 43 “favorites” (at the time of publication) on one photo of Salman Khan, the founder of Khan […]
2 Chicago-area newsstands gearing up to sell copies of Charlie Hebdo
By Ellen Kobe Two Chicago-area newsstands are preparing to sell the “survivor issue” of Charlie Hebdo, the satirical French publication that gained worldwide attention after two masked gunmen killed 12 people, including 10 journalists and two police officers at its Paris headquarters two weeks ago. Eric Ismond, manager of the Chicago-Main Newsstand in Evanston, verified that […]
