
Medill Newscast 7/3/15
Some of this week’s top stories from Medill Reports. The Chicago Transit Authority is enforcing a plan created to prevent reduced-fare fraud at stations. See

Some of this week’s top stories from Medill Reports. The Chicago Transit Authority is enforcing a plan created to prevent reduced-fare fraud at stations. See

By Lydia Randall and Sara Shouhayib Fraudulent use of subsidized Chicago Transit Authority cards in the last six months has cost CTA more than six

By Anne Arntson and Angela G. Barnes Hundreds of people gathered at the Thompson Center in downtown Chicago this morning to protest state budget cuts.

By Daniel Brown On a spring morning, with crisp air and blue skies outside, Theresa Cook, 51, sits down on the beige couch in her

By Kira Boyd On this edition of Medill Newsmakers, we will discus protesting then versus now. We will explore the history of protest movements in

By Daniel Brown Chicago’s second annual “Summer of Faith and Action,” a citywide violence prevention initiative designed to promote safety during the summer, kicked-off May

By Daniel Brown From the ground floor you walk up an open-aired, red-carpeted staircase situated between ornately trimmed walls. At the top you enter a

By Amina Ismail Summer is approaching and so is the likelihood of an increased number of deaths from gunshots. There have been more than 1,000

By Jia You As Mayor Rahm Emanuel settles in for his second term, Medill Reports takes a closer look at voting patterns in the 50

By Noor Wazwaz Hillary Clinton – the former First Lady, U.S. Senator and Secretary of State — announced her 2016 presidential bid with a video