Elena Grossman helps local health departments connect climate change dots in Illinois
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By Natalie Eilbert Medill Reports In August, the heavy downpours filled houses with four feet of river water, though this happens every summer now in Peoria. Heat-stressed illnesses drove more people to a local hospital than capacity allowed in Jackson County. This past February, Kendall County collected more than 30 disease-carrying ticks, an unseasonable time […]
With 62 judges on the ballot, what’s a voter to do? ‘Toss Toomin’ campaign was latest effort to engage voters on judicial races
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By Courtney Kueppers Medill Reports By shortly after 10 a.m. on Election Day, Dan Schneider was beginning to feel like a broken record. “I’ve been saying the same thing for over an hour,” the 29-year-old lawyer said. Outside of Chicago’s United Center, typically home to the Bulls and Blackhawks, upbeat music played on a speaker, […]
Former Cabrini-Green residents report painful discrimination in redeveloped mixed-income housing
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By Yilun Cheng Medill Reports It seemed like just another winter day in 2008 when Keith Rodgers came out of his home on North Halsted Street –– a three-story red brick building housing eight mixed-income families in the Near North Side neighborhood –– and saw nearly a dozen police cars closing in on him. Born […]
Vancouver artists share their stories of being queer and Asian
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By Sian Shin Medill Reports While Vancouver is home to the largest LGBTQ+ population in Western Canada and has a significant presence of Asian residents, Vancouver’s queer community has not created space for a prominent presence of queer Asians. 46.5% of Vancouver residents are of Asian origins, with the biggest subgroups being of East […]