By Prerana Sannappanavar Medill Reports In the 1970s, Rochelle Crump, now 68, joined the U.S. Army, where she started her fight against systemic gender and
By Kennedy Chase Medill Reports Lurie Children’s Hospital’s nurses, surgeons and doctors travel around Chicago teaching students the necessary skills they need to feel prepared
By Cindy Wang and Julia Jing Medill Reports Centro Artístico Solidario Argentino (C.A.S.A.) and Todos Hacemos Música (THM) are two music programs that advocate for music
By Lena Folke Medill Reports With Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias’s new bill passing the Senate, Illinois would be the first state to protect libraries
By Brenda Ordoñez Medill Reports Since the summer of 2022, Chicago has welcomed over 9,000 migrants from the southern border. Many of these migrants traveled to the
By Julia Lowe Medill Reports Despite having one of the most progressive constitutions in the world, South Africa has no law specifically protecting the human
By Yue Li Medill Reports In 2006, Sarah Ross, then a part-time art history teacher at a central Illinois prison, learned more about segregation and
By Damita Menezes Medill Reports The Chicago Children’s Advocacy Center (ChicagoCAC), a nonprofit organization that provides mental health and investigative services to child abuse victims,
By Damita Menezes and Brenda Ordonez Medill Reports More than 7 million Venezuelans have fled the country since 2015. As of 2021, there are 179,203
By Diana Giambona Medill Reports Children play on the swings, go down the slides, spin on the small merry-go-rounds and play ball at Harrison Park