Heart of glass: Artist Pearl Dick explains how glassblowing can spark creativity and hope
By Maura Turcotte Medill Reports At Project FIRE, artist Pearl Dick teaches students how to use glowing furnaces, scorched metal rods and molten glass to craft more than delicate sculptures. The studio’s 23 participants, who were all shot in Chicago as teens or young adults, also learn how to build relationships and heal. Dick cofounded […]
Sanders rally in Charlotte draws a mix of committed, undecided supporters
Maura Turcotte Medill Reports CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Sen. Bernie Sanders left his rally to a standing ovation. Macasha Campbell left undecided. Campbell, 29, voted for the progressive candidate in the 2016 Democratic presidential primary and said she might vote for him again. Marijuana legalization, student loan forgiveness and health care expansion — some of Sanders’ […]
Mayor Lightfoot is trying to rejuvenate Chicago’s mental health care system. But is it enough?
By Maura Turcotte Medill Reports It began with a 15-year-old boy shooting a 7-year-old girl on Halloween. Then, over the course of a month, seven more residents of Chicago’s Little Village were hit by gunfire. One incident proved fatal — a 32-year-old nurse walking home from his shift, shot by an unknown assailant. The string […]
Little Village sprouts food, health and community in gardens
By Maura Turcotte Medill Reports As a student at Little Village Lawndale High School, Sergio Ruiz, 18, rarely had the option of fresh, healthy food. So much so that students would crack jokes about the junk food and the school’s notorious neighbor, Cook County Jail. “They would always compare it to the jail food,” Ruiz […]
