Vespers for Scott Andringa

By Alyk Russell Kenlan Medill Reports I started at Medill one year ago. I was part of a group of recent college graduates, published journalists looking to accelerate their work, and people going through a mid-career shift made up the 30-or-so magazine specialization students. While most of us were near the beginning of our adult […]

‘The protest is personal’: A family’s story in the BLM movement

Castillo's protest

By Yilin Xie Medill Reports On May 30, Mara Castillo took her daughter, Sarah Castillo, with her to downtown Chicago for a Black Lives Matter protest. “Little children were there. They could have gotten hurt,” the 13-year-old said one month after witnessing the violence and the chaos that day. “It showed that some people are […]