Pests or pets: a history of how pigeons took over the Windy City and what organizations are doing about it
By Stephanie Fox Medill Reports After spending the day with family celebrating her husband’s birthday, Chava Sonnier received a call that made her heart skip a beat. “I don’t think he’s going to make it,” her friend said on the other line. Despite the call coming in at around 10:30 at night, Sonnier hopped in […]
The trend toward natural hair styles continues as African-Americans embrace their “hair-itage”
By Ebony JJ Curry Medill Reports For years, black women devoted hours and hundreds of dollars to relaxing their hair. But sales of the chemical products used to straighten hair have been declining in the African-American hair-care market. One estimate predicts chemical relaxers will make up the smallest percentage of the market by 2020. This […]