Winter Water Wonderland, by boat
Even though the temperatures are dropping, Chicago’s water taxi service is in full swing. These 5 gems along the Chicago River await you. By Jacqueline Lumley Medill Reports F or the first time in almost a decade, the city of Chicago will extend river taxi service past Thanksgiving through mid-December in 2017. For less […]
Medill Newsmakers: News from around Chicago
The latest editions of Medill Newsmakers: How virtual reality is changing our lives In this segment of Medill Newsmakers, we provide an introduction to virtual reality and how it impacts education, business and social applications. Chicago Police and restorative justice In this edition of Medill Newsmakers, we examine the findings of former Attorney General Loretta […]
This just in: Election-day updates from around Chicago
At this time, the final presidential results are still being tallied. But plenty of Illinois and Chicago races have been decided. Check out our full wrap-up of the races. We have also updated our photo gallery, which you can view here. Evening turns somber as LGBTQ viewing party awaits election results By Teresa Manring (Mariah […]
China Eastern’s new route brings visitors, ups competition with United, American Airlines
By Harvard Zhang When Yan Wang flew with United Airlines from Shanghai to Chicago at the end of November, she found the flight attendants’ Mandarin very awkward. She also realized her “Chinglish” didn’t help the communication. “I speak some English, but I found it hard sometimes to talk with their crew members,” said Wang, a […]
For immigrants, cultural values infuse the food at Thanksgiving
By Jenny Zhang (Additional reporting by Ashesha Mehrotra, Shanshan Wang and Yunfei Zhao) While families across the U.S. grapple with the usual culinary concerns – to brine or not to brine? Stuffing or dressing? Rolls or biscuits? – in preparation for Thanksgiving, a whole other slew of questions can be asked of American immigrant households […]
The Laquan McDonald case: A timeline of the past year
By Aryn Braun and Max Greenwood THE STORY BREAKS — Oct. 20, 2014 Laquan McDonald, 17, was shot and killed by Chicago Police near 41st Street and Pulaski Road around 9:45 p.m. in the Archer Heights neighborhood on the Southwest Side, after a 911 call reported suspicious activity. When responding officers arrived at the scene, […]
GOP Debate: Protesters condemn party positions on key issues
By Satvika Khera and Raquel Zaldivar MILWAUKEE — Protesters descended on the Milwaukee Theatre on Nov. 10 as candidates prepared to take the stage for the fourth Republican presidential debate this year. They rallied against the GOP candidates’ stance on a range of issues including immigration, minimum wage and foreign aid. Andrea Valerio from Youth […]
During Obama’s visit, doubts about guns – and gun laws
By Morgan Gilbard, Julia Cardi, Marisa Endicott and Anna Boisseau Kids in Chicago’s Douglas Park respect local killers more than celebrities. That’s what a North Lawndale resident named Bryan sees in his West Side neighborhood several weeks after a gunman shot him in the back. The police have made no progress in his case, but […]
Addressing police chiefs, President Obama demands gun laws and criminal justice reforms
By Jasmine M. Ellis, Harry Huggins, Enrica Nicoli Aldini and Raquel Zaldivar ‘I refuse to believe that the only choice we have is to either ignore circumstances of racial bias or make it impossible for police officers to do their job.” President Barack Obama called for wide-ranging reforms in gun control laws and criminal justice […]
MADE IN CHICAGO: Examining the good, the bad . . . and the Malört
Made in Chicago is a mosaic of stories by graduate students at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. It was published in June, 2015 and shows what makes this city unlike any other. (Full Made in Chicago site). The student journalists strove to capture the good, the bad and the Malört. After hours […]
