Elena Grossman helps local health departments connect climate change dots in Illinois
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
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
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
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 […]
