Evanston Mayor sends letter to NU president in response to Saturday student protest
By Bennett Baker Medill Reports Evanston Mayor Stephen Hagerty penned an open letter Sunday to Northwestern University President Morton Schapiro in response to student protests downtown on Saturday night. In the statement, Hagerty alleges increased protestor aggression and asks the university to foot the overtime bill for the city’s law enforcement officers. The mayor also […]
A presidential election and a new Supreme Court justice: What’s at stake for reproductive health
By Shivani Majmudar Medill Reports After last week’s confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett to the nation’s highest court, reproductive health advocates across the country say they fear a serious threat to equitable health care access. Barrett was confirmed exactly one month after President Trump nominated her to fill late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg’s seat, one […]
Chicago housing activists help tenants prepare for winter amid the pandemic
By Courtney Kueppers Medill Reports Yvonne Williams went to Hyde Park for a Saturday afternoon lunch, but she left with much more. The 48-year-old mother of four is out of work and said her landlord is threatening to evict her from her South Shore apartment, despite the statewide eviction moratorium that’s been in place since […]
Meet the climate activists across Chicago holding harmful companies accountable
By Natalie Eilbert Medill Reports In South Deering on Chicago’s South Side, the foul odors emanating from nearby facilities are so pungent that people waiting at the bus stop at 100th Street and Torrence have nearly passed out. Landfills, recycling centers and facilities have cranked, hauled, emitted and dumped in residential areas for generations, but […]
Lawmakers rethink the ADU ordinance as advocates cast doubts on its ability to generate affordable housing
By Yilun Cheng Medill Reports Proponents of Chicago’s proposed accessory dwelling units (ADU) ordinance –– highly anticipated legislation introduced earlier this year to reverse the longtime ban on an entire category of housing –– are struggling to move it forward as critics grow skeptical of its promise to deliver affordable housing. Mayor Lori Lightfoot, with […]
