Beyond the pandemic: How to set up an ideal work-from-home space
By Yue Li Medill Reports “It’s just temporary. …” Sure. As of June, 66% of Americans worked remotely, at least part time, while 68% would prefer to be fully remote, according to recruiting site Zippia. “Working from home actually works,” said Mohamad Awada, the lead author of a 2021 research study on productivity during the […]
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 […]