Grappling with grief: the Frances Flowers story
By Iacopo Luzi Frances Flowers is trying to overcome the hardest tragedy of her life: she lost her daughter Taylor almost three months ago. Taylor
June 2, 2016
By Iacopo Luzi Frances Flowers is trying to overcome the hardest tragedy of her life: she lost her daughter Taylor almost three months ago. Taylor
By Nikita Mandhani The Global Gardens Refugee Training farm is a one-acre plot of land in the Albany Park neighborhood of Chicago that serves about
By Iacopo Luzi Riverside is a small Cook County village where time seems to have stopped. Street lights powered by gas still line the sidewalks.
By Max Greenwood It was a Thursday night in mid-April, and Kathleen Dillon dragged tables around the Heartland Café, carefully arranging them to give a
By Iacopo Luzi Watch the Medill Reports News Update. This week our reporters talk about a new proposed regulation that could affect the way Airbnb
By Iacopo Luzi Honor Flight Chicago is a non-profit that organizes trips to Washington D.C. war memorials for WWII and Korean War veterans. Thanks to
By Kat Lonsdorf Meet the cats that are making sure rats don’t get between you and your beer at Empirical Brewery in Chicago. Photo at
By Lucia Maffei “You know, first prize is $10,000. It could be the first share of your college tuition.” The 10-something girl with a cat
By Shanshan Wang Idalia Cervantes still recalls vividly when she accompanied her mother to the doctor as her interpreter at age seven. Not yet knowing
By Anna Boisseau It’s nearly 12:30 p.m. when a rushed young man drops by the Chicago Recovery Alliance’s parked silver truck in West Garfield Park.