Indigenous chefs championing rise of Native food
By Hailey Bosek Medill Reports Editor’s note: Tribal affiliations, if any, are noted in parentheses after names. Hailey Bosek · Sounds at the Powwow
January 9, 2026
By Hailey Bosek Medill Reports Editor’s note: Tribal affiliations, if any, are noted in parentheses after names. Hailey Bosek · Sounds at the Powwow
By Layna Hong Medill Reports Mai Le, 29, had been in the U.S. for less than a year when Donald Trump was elected for his
By Alivia Giles Medill Reports This year, when American Girl celebrates its 40th anniversary, hundreds of thousands of children and adult women will raise a
By Jenna Mayzouni Medill Reports The sound of the Huehuetl drum thuds gently against the ground as Sergio places it down on the cement playground in Harrison Park, in
By Paulina Marinkovic Camacho Medill Reports Down an alleyway on Palmer Street, past a nondescript door and centuries-old brick façade, a 500-year-old type of brandy,
By Autumn Coleman Medill Reports In 2019, Dawn Colquitt-Anderson walked into her small hometown’s history museum with her 8- and 9-year-old nieces in tow. She
Horse hooves knocked chunks of dirt over the steel bars of the arena. Stallions charged 20 mph after a loose steer. Within seconds, a cowboy
By Emma Urdangen, Kaitlyn Luckoff and Payton Turkeltaub Medill Reports Americans are traveling to Guadalajara, Mexico, for facelifts that cost a fraction of U.S. prices
By Emma Urdangen Medill Reports Walking out of a Washington, D.C., dive bar after her fifth terrible app-date of the month, 23-year-old Carly HoganBruen knew
By Alyssa Rola Medill Reports Every time she gets sick, Wanmin Zhang habitually looks for her personal cure: her parents’ home-cooked Chinese meals. The 28-year-old