Q and A with Laura Polanco, candidate for District 99 school board in her hometown of Cicero

By Ankur Singh Medill Reports Laura Polanco, 34, is a parent who was born and raised in Cicero. She’s currently running for school board for Elementary School District 99 and hoping to advocate for other parents like her in the district where she attended school. She is one of four candidates running for three seats […]
True/False Film Festival welcomes spring with annual March march

By Ankur Singh Medill Reports True/False is one of the largest documentary film festivals in the United States. Every year documentary filmmakers and audiences from all over the world arrive in Columbia, Missouri, for four days of documentary screenings and events. Several notable films screened at the festival include Knock Down the House, which follows […]
Puerto Rico Association of University Professors rallies against proposed budget cuts

By Ankur Singh Medill Reports Puerto Rico remains in the midst of a massive fiscal crisis with over $72 billion in debt. To address this crisis, in 2016 the United States Congress created a Fiscal Oversight Board that was not elected through the passage of the PROMESA ACT in order to manage and reduce Puerto […]
Latinx residents and young candidates join forces for upcoming Cicero elections

By Ankur Singh Medill Reports On a cold Monday night at the V Bar in Berwyn, the room radiated energy as a group of young people gathered to build a grassroots political campaign that has never been seen before in their community. “Some of you might recognize me as the voice of the announcements from […]