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By Morgan Hawes and Victoria Olaleye Medill Reports In this season’s first episode of “Chicago This Week,” reporters cover new efforts to make riding the
By Thomas Hodgkins Medill Reports Chicago’s Music Box Theatre, an independent movie theater, is expanding despite national movie theater attendance declining. Owner and CEO Brody
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By Daniela Cantu Medill Reports With the flick of a switch, Davis Theater program director Peter Kuli casts a red, velvety glow over the 276
By Ellie Fideli Medill Reports More than 17 million people in the U.S. live under “food redlining” — that is, they lack nearby access to
By Morgan Hawes Medill Reports Last month, hundreds of demonstrators marched down the streets of downtown Chicago as part of a nationwide effort to celebrate International
By Emma Henry Medill Reports At Northwestern University’s Center for Synthetic Biology, scientists are re-engineering one of life’s most fundamental building blocks: the cell. Instead of