Chef Rodolfo Cuadros of Amaru, Bloom on stirring up ‘environmentally sound’ Latin cuisine, launching plant-based taqueria
By Julia Lowe Medill Reports Chef Rodolfo Cuadros, who launched Don Bucio’s Taqueria (2763 N. Milwaukee Ave.) on Feb. 25, once nearly accepted an executive chef position in India. “Around 2016, the political climate was rough,” Cuadros said. “We were questioning, because of the rhetoric around that time, whether this was a place to be […]
After tragedy, Shawn Harrington uses platform to give back to community that raised him
By Max Olsan Medill Reports Shawn Harrington is no stranger to facing adversity. He saved his daughter’s life in a shooting that left him severely injured. Now, he is using his platform to give back to the city that raised him. TRANSCRIPT: [COACH HARRINGTON GIVING ADVICE TO YOUNG PLAYER] SHAWN HARRINGTON, Children of Peace after-school […]
Q&A: Artist, educator, activist Sarah Ross on her passion for social justice and her fight for incarcerated people
By Yue Li Medill Reports In 2006, Sarah Ross, then a part-time art history teacher at a central Illinois prison, learned more about segregation and imprisonment firsthand through her interactions with her students. “I had read things like, ‘The prisons are full of Black and brown people.’ It was so racist and so prejudiced,” Ross […]
