Racial bias in policing not just a Ferguson problem
By Kate Morrissey Page May said that when her family came to visit her in Chicago, they were all standing on a street corner in
By Kate Morrissey Page May said that when her family came to visit her in Chicago, they were all standing on a street corner in
By Lucy Ren The U.S. labor market is showing great momentum for recovery as the unemployment rate dipped to a seven-year low of 5.5 percent
By Meg Anderson Just weeks before the April 7 run-off election, mental health activists rally at the mayor’s office Tuesday to denounce the shortage of
By Taylor Mullaney When Ethel Payne was a student at Lindblom High School in West Englewood nearly a century ago, she published exactly one article
by Constantina Kokenes U.S. District Judge John W. Darrah Thursday morning denied a motion by the city of Chicago and the Chicago Park District to dismiss a
By Christine Smith Dust off your greenest attire, lads and lassies. St. Patrick’s Day is upon us once again. With the holiday under a week
By Meredith Wilson SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — During oral arguments Wednesday, Illinois Supreme Court justices found fault with Senate Bill 1, a law to alleviate the state’s
By Tanni Deb and Grace Eleyae On this edition of Medill Newsmakers, we discuss what some Chicago organizations are doing to educate young men on how
By Lucy Vernasco If you walked by room 613 at the School of The Art Institute of Chicago’s Flaxman Library on Saturday, you heard the sounds
By Ezra Kaplan Marla Levi is a 52-year-old Chicagoan with multiple sclerosis. With the support of her doctor, she applied and was accepted into the