Accessible beauty: Hair care products that help people with physical disabilities look and feel their best
By Hannah Baggenstoss Medill Reports Jordyn Taylor was born with a tangle of abnormal blood vessels in her brain resembling a clot. A risky but lifesaving surgery left her with restricted movement on the left side of her body. While she has kept her independence, her condition has limited her ability to perform various tasks, […]
Trade war, COVID cast long shadow on U.S. fisheries
By Menghan Xiao Medill Reports Since 2005, when Jim Darmiento quit his job at a global company to start a crab fishing business, he has experienced countless hardships. While he said his strong belief of “no risk and no reward” has allowed him to overcome all challenges, from expensive early-stage investment in gear to unpredictable […]
Give some plants a mortgage-free ceramics home
By Mollie Rotmensch Medill Reports Katie Lauffenburger is sculpting a new Chicago, but no moving in unless you’re a Crown Jewel shrub. This city of ceramic abodes is less than a foot tall – perfect digs for plants, the terraria will just bloom at first sight. Lauffenburger recreates every scrupulous detail of classic Chicago homes […]
Flag football gives girls at Chicago Public Schools a new opportunity to get into the game
By Alyssa Haduck Medill Reports Diamond Gallardo had only been involved in football for a matter of months when she found herself in a suite at Soldier Field taking in a bird’s-eye view of a Bears game. The young quarterback, along with the rest of the Back of the Yards girls flag football team, had […]
Medill Newsmakers: 3 local professionals explain legal, medical, environmental impacts of overturning Roe v. Wade
By Chantel Ropp Medill Reports With the recent leak of a Supreme Court draft decision detailing the potential overturn of Roe vs. Wade, abortion rights and access are being challenged across the country. According to the Guttmacher Institute, a research group that supports abortion rights, “58% of U.S. women of reproductive age — or 40 […]
Netflix’s ‘Bridgerton’ boon leaves romance community wondering when genre’s creators of color will get their due
By Alyssa Haduck Medill Reports The first season of Netflix’s hit historical drama “Bridgerton” treated more than 80 million global households to a Regency-era romp, complete with compelling characters, eye-candy costumes, and excitement in both the ballroom and the bedroom — and in the library, on a picnic, against a tree … While season two […]
